COWAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
“The Way We Worked” Exhibit
Teachers Workshop—Sat., Feb. 11, 9AM - Noon (Snow date Feb. 18)
Join the Cowan Center for a Teachers Workshop on Saturday, February 11 from 9 am to Noon at the Cowan Center for the Arts Theater. Everyone is welcome - teachers, principals, and school system administrators.
Admission is free, but we do ask you to make reservations, so we can prepare sufficient handouts.
RSVP to Maryann 931-967-1560
Dr. James Akenson, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Tennessee Technological University, will offer a Teachers Workshop connecting The Way We Worked exhibit to the K-12 curriculum content and how to link it to classroom teaching.
The Way We Worked workshop format will include:
An overview to exhibition and underlying philosophy.
An overview of the teaching materials and strategies to be employed throughout the workshop.
Specific teaching and strategies to prepare students for visiting the exhibit including: Concepts related to American work culture in the K-12 social studies and literature, reading curriculum
Specific teaching strategies and supporting materials to enrich the related K-12 social studies and literature, reading curriculum and the visual arts (photography, painting, etc).
Directions for behavior and tasks to be performed by students as they visit the exhibit, Post The Way We Worked classroom follow-up activities.
Akenson is former Executive Director of the Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, the Coordinator for Opportunities and Information on the Tennessee Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors, is co founder of the International Country Music Conference, and has been active as treasurer and president of the Tennessee Folklore Society.
“The Way We Worked” has been made possible to Cowan Railroad Museum by Humanities Tennessee.
“The Way We Worked,” an exhibition created by the National Archives, is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.
For more information call Maryann Knowles at 931 967-1560 or check the website at www.Smithsonian.CowanRailroadMuseum.org.
The Way We Worked: March 10 through April 21
Volunteers Sought For Smithsonian Exhibit In Cowan
The Cowan Railroad Museum and the Cowan Cener for the Arts are seeking volunteers to staff a Smithsonian traveling exhibition set for March 10 through April 21.
The exhibit, The Way We Worked, esplores the professions and the people that sustain American society.
The Way We Worked is adapted from an original exhibition developed by the National Archives. It explores how work became such a central element in American culture by tracing the many changes that affected the workforce and work environments over the past 150 years. The exhibition draws from the Archives’ rich collections to tell this compelling story.
The exhibition offers multiple interpretive opportunities for visitors through large graphics, along with relevant objects and work clothing. Interactive components will introduce visitors to the experiences of multiple generations of families involved in the same work.
The Center is also looking for a candle maker, soap maker, blacksmith, wood carver, basket weaver, cane chair seat maker, yarn spinner, weaver and others who are interested in demonstrating their craft on opening day, March 10, 10AM-4PM in the parking lot. No fee will be charged to set up.
Call Pat Underwood for more information at 931-962-2356.