Learning Lab: Independent Teacher Advisors
Education department staff and an advisory team of teachers develop resource materials, such as: slide sets, posters, and lesson plans. This advisory team also reviews and contributes to the museum's newsletter for teachers, Education News. Teacher advisors work either independently or with other teachers in "Learning Labs" that are organized around specific themes in the arts and humanities, as well as state and national academic standards. Local, national, or international teachers who are interested in being part of the Warhol's Learning Labs may do so by submitting a proposal outlining their intent.
For more information contact Nicole Dezelon, Associate Curator of Education, School and Teacher Programs, at dezelonn@warhol.org or 412.237.8365 or visit the Get Involved page on the Resources & Lessons website.
2005-06 Learning Labs
Aesthetics
The Aesthetics Learning Lab has been working to test resource materials about beauty and value in art. New lesson plans and school projects focused on teaching Aesthetics will be added in the Critical Thinking section of this website in the spring.
2003-04 Learning Labs
Major Themes in Portraiture:
From the Pharaohs to the Factory
This learning lab will test and evaluate the Warhol's Portraiture curriculum unit. This unit includes a historical overview of portraiture, its major themes and lessons on Andy Warhol's commissioned and iconic portraits. Other lessons explore themes of identity, gender stereotypes and physiognomy.
The Many Voices of History:
The Historian, Journalist, Artist, and Observer
The Fall 2003 edition of Education News will focus on the upcoming exhibition Warhol and Jackie: Crafting the End of Camelot, presented in collaboration with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. This learning lab will test and evaluate lessons that compare and contrast the roles of historians, journalists, artists, and observers in the "telling" of history. Students will be challenged to answer the question "How do we know history?", while taking a critical look at the events surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination.
2002-2003 Learning Labs
Critical Response
Teacher advisors assessed the Fall 2002 edition of Education News and the unit on critical response. Teachers worked together with Warhol staff to test the lessons and activities in Education News then assessed the unit's effectiveness as a learning model. Their results and adaptations will be published on this site next year.
Participants:
Lynda Abraham-Braff, Wesley Highland School
Carol Bell, Wesley Highland School
Karen Jones, Ross Elementary
Sherry Knight, Trinity High School
Ruth Roebuck, Oliver High School
Mario Rossero, Shaler Area School District
Babara Schurman, South Vo-Tech High School
Worshipping the Ancestors
This advisory group of teachers evaluated the Warhol's workshops and future curriculum ideas centered on the Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits exhibition. This exhibition examined the historical and socio-religious importance commemorative portraiture has played in society.
Participants:
Lynda Abraham-Braff, Wesley Highland Institute
Kathryn Stanko, Woodland Hills School District.
Helen Wilson, Frick International Studies Academy
Andy Warhol, photo Greg Gorman, 1983
