Designed for classroom teachers, SAAM's interactive web-based workshops feature engaging "Monday-ready" activities that provoke deep thinking and invite students to apply content knowledge across the curriculum and in the world. Get certificates of completion for seat hours and join a community of practice that stretches across the US!

In addition to our scheduled workshops, we are able to create customized, interactive digital workshops for in-service days. For more information, send an email to AmericanArtEducation@si.edu.

2020–21 Programs

• Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum Objects
  Register today for this self-paced course.
  Co-facilitated by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of American History, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access
   
• Storytelling and Resilience
  September 15, 2020
  Co-facilitated by the Capital Jewish Museum
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• Second Impressions: Images, Slogans, and Influence
  September 23, 2020
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• Social Emotional Learning
  October 21, 2020
  Co-facilitated by Imagination Stage
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• Social Emotional Learning Toolkit: Art and Reflective Writing
  November 17, 2020

• Analyzing Systems of Power: Continuity and Change Over Time
  November 18, 2020
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• Considering Cultural Identity: Inside Out and Back Again
  December 9, 2020

• #Because of Her Story: The Power of Posters
  January 7, 2021
  Co-facilitated by the National Portrait Gallery

• A History of Persuasion
  January 13, 2021
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• Asian Pacific American History: Challenging Propaganda
  January 27, 2021
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• Community Snapshots: 145th Street Stories
  March 10, 2021
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• A Call to Action: Chicano Graphics
  March 17, 2021

• Speaking and Writing With Shakespeare at the Heart
  April 7, 2021
  Co-facilitated by Folger Theatre
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• The Smithsonian Summer Sessions for Teachers: Interrogating the Stories We Tell
  Session 1: June 28 - July 2, 2021
  Session 2: July 12 - 16, 2021
  Co-facilitated by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, National Portrait Gallery, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access 

Fall 2019 Archived Webinar Series

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