Workshops for Teachers

Workshops for 2009-10 will be available in August!

All courses and workshops are aligned with Georgia's Performance Standards (QCCs) To register, contact Julie Green by email at jgree09@emory.edu or by phone at 404-727-2363. Unless otherwise noted, cost for workshops is $10 for Museum members; $15 for non-members.

School Tours

Why should students visit the Carlos Museum? Because learning about the art of the ancient and non-Western world can help your students develop an understanding of the importance of historical and cultural context and provide a foundation for examining the contemporary world. School tours at the Carlos Museum satisfy Historical, Economic, and Geographic Performance Standards for the Social Studies curriculum and the Listening, Speaking and Viewing skills for Language Arts.

During tours students will:
• build critical-thinking skills
• compare similarities and differences (Social Studies Skills Matrix #1.)
• analyze artifacts ( Social Studies Skills Matrix #10.)
• draw conclusions and make generalizations (Social Studies Skills Matrix #11.)
• understand how people express their beliefs and ideas through objects (Historical Understanding; all levels).
• explore diversity and a variety of religious concepts (Historical Understanding; all levels)
• become acquainted with cultures and traditions from around the world (Historical and Geographic Understanding, all levels).

How to schedule a tour:
The Michael C. Carlos Museum welcomes school groups to explore the Museum's collections and special exhibitions with members of the Museum's Docent Guild. Tours last for fifty minutes. Tours may be scheduled by calling 404-727-0519 or through e-mail at nwest@emory.edu.

Tour Times: Tours are offered Tuesday through Friday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon.

Group Size: 65 students per hour. Grade levels larger than 65 may schedule back to back tours.

Length of Tour: 50 minutes.

Chaperones: One per every ten students required.

Fees: Visits are $5 per student. One chaperone for every ten students is free.

Confirmation: You will receive an email confirming your tour date and time and invoicing you for payment.

Directions: Directions to the Museum and Parking Information.

Need help funding transportation for a Museum visit?
Here are two suggestions:
* Emory’s Office of Community Partnerships has provided a grant to the Carlos Museum to subsidize transportation to the Museum for up to $200 per Bus. For more information, contact Julie Green at 404-727-2363.
* Target Field Trip Grants: Target provides grants that allow teachers and students to learn in all kinds of settings. To apply for a Field Trip Grant go to www.target.com/grants

About Tours

Self-guided Tours
Teachers who wish to guide their own groups are welcome to do so provided they have attended an introductory workshop on the museum's collections and facilities. Please remember that self-guided groups must also be scheduled in advance to avoid overcrowding in the galleries. To reserve a time slot for a self-guided group contact Nina West by phone at 404-727-0519 or by e-mail at nwest@emory.edu.

Teachers may bring their students to tour specific civilizations (up to three galleries, choosing from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, South Asia, Art of the Ancient Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa) or request a curriculum-based focus such as early communities, exploration and archaeology, myths and stories from the ancients, or one of the grade-specific themes listed below.


Early Elementary Tour Themes
Carlos Uncovered: Be an archaeologist. Archaeology is the study of cultures based on physical remains or artifacts. Students will see what they can discover about the cultures of the ancient world by studying Egyptian mummies, amulets and papyrus inscriptions, objects from the ancient Olympic games and mythological scenes painted on pottery, and animal whistles, pots and roller stamps from the ancient Americas.

Majority Rules: Ancient Greek Art and Culture. This interactive tour for elementary students is aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards for third grade and introduces students to 5th century Athens during the construction of the Parthenon and the development of the roots of democracy. Learn the stories that tell of the values of excellence and honor, dress up in a chiton, be an Olympic hero, and match ancient artifacts to similar household items from today.

Support materials for Majority Rules:

Greek Passport PDF Activity
Majority Rules: Georgia Performance Standards
Majority Rules: Vocabulary
Majority Rules: Lesson Plan

This project is supported by the Georgia Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities and through appropriations for the Georgia General Assembly.

Downloadable Classroom TUTorials for Teachers

The Carlos Museum is pleased to present Classroom TUTorials, a series of illustrated PDF files that present background information about Egyptian civilization, major themes of the exhibition, and in-depth explorations of individual objects. The Tutorials are appropriate for teachers, or for upper middle and high school students.

Select topics to download PDF files:

The History of Pharaonic Egypt
The River and the Two Lands
Harry Burton: Pharaoh's Photographer
Scribes and Writing in Ancient Egypt
Shabtis at Your Service
The Tomb of Tutankhamun
Symbols and Colors in Ancient Egyptian Art
King Tutankhamun as a Child
Kingship in Ancient Egypt
Mummification in Ancient Egypt and the Mummy of Tutankhamun
Crowns of the Kings of Egypt
The Pectoral of Mereret
King Tutankhamun's Canopic Coffinette
Thutmose's Cat
The Many Names of Tutankhamun
Religion in Ancient Egypt
Osiris