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About This Site The development of Crafting North Carolina: A hands-on exploration of North Carolina’s hand-made heritage! is a natural outgrowth of the Mint Museum’s twenty-year collaboration with area schools. The major goal of Crafting is to link the museum’s collection to core fourth grade curriculum by reinforcing the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Social Studies. This site encourages educators and parents to take full advantage of the museum’s educational resources and extraordinary collection in a fun, friendly, and engaging format. Works of art have wonderful stories to tell. So what better way for students to learn about North Carolina’s geography, history, and resources than to study the crafts of the state? Crafting’s unique website combines images of objects plus video clips of artists at work, animation, audio, games, "virtual" tours, and lesson plans for teachers and parents. Using the collections of the Mint Museum of Art and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design as windows to history and culture, the museum’s Education staff develops and implements interactive web-based programs that are serving as national models for learning in museums. Crafting is the fourth "Online Learning" project developed for students and families. For additional information about this program and other educational resources at the Mint Museum of Art and Mint Museum of Craft + Design please contact: Cheryl
Palmer, VP Education and Public Programs Jill
Shuford, School Programs Coordinator Mary
Beth Crawford, Education Coordinator, Mint Museum of Craft + Design |
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