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There is also a table in the back that cross-reerences all o the organizations and artists by type o program and by grade level.

Each listing contains a description o the educational programs that are available to bring into the classroom or as feld trip opportunities,plus contact inormation, appropriate grade level, and applicable Sunshine State standards and FCAT ocus areas. This inormation will help

educators, administrators, and parents fnd the appropriate cultural organization or individual artist to fll their specifc needs.

Please note that this directory may not represent all arts educational programs existing in the Tallahassee/Leon County area. COCA doesnot endorse any artists, organizations, or programs listed herein, nor imply stature through their inclusion in this directory. While we havemade every eort to insure that this directory is correct, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness o the inormation.

This directory is sponsored in part by the State o Florida, Department o State, Division o Cultural Aairs, the Florida Arts Council and the

National Endowment or the Arts.

COCAs Arts in Education Directory 1

Welcome back, Administrators and Teachers.Its going to be a busy school year, and we at the Council on Culture & Arts hope that our 2008-09 edition o theArts in EducationDirectorywill make this year a little easier and a lot more un.

This reerence guide is in-depth look at the arts in education programs that Tallahassee, Leon County, and the surrounding areas haveto oer. O course, a publication like this can never be truly complete there are always more resources, new programs, and hiddengems to fnd. I weve missed a terrifc program, please let us know as we will be updating the Arts in Education Directoryrequently on

our web site (www.cocanet.org).

With so many resources at your disposal, this is truly a great place to teach and learn. We invite you to use this Directory to energize your

lessons and engage your students. Theres a whole world o educational adventure within these pages!

Sincerely,

Peggy BradyExecutive Director

COCAsArts in Education Directoryis a reerence guide to the wealth o arts in education programs and teaching artists in the Tallahaseecommunity and surrounding areas. These programs include arts feld trips, in-school perormances and workshops, artist residencies,and other arts-related resources or teachers and students. The goal o this directory is to acilitate and advance the arts as an integral

component o the education and experiences o K-12 students and educators.

Artists and organizations are listed alphabetically and include icons that indicate the Sunshine State Standards, which include:

DA

DanceFL

Foreign Languages

HEHealth Education

LA

Language ArtsMA

Mathematics

MUMusic

PE

Physical Education

SCScience

SSSocial Studies

TH

TheaterVA

Visual Arts


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What is COCA?The Council on Culture and Arts (COCA) is your local arts agency. We work on behal o the

community to support a vibrant quality o lie in Leon County, to enrich and improve the liveso citizens and visitors alike. COCA is committed to promoting arts and culture in all its orms,

including visual, perorming, literary, and media arts, history/heritage, and arts education.

COCA members include non-proft and commercial galleries, museums, theatres, music groups,dance companies, estivals, flm/video companies, historic sites, educational organizations, and

individual artists and educators, as well as businesses and individuals interested in supporting

local cultural activities.

What can COCA do for you?I you are a visual, perorming, literary, or media artist, consider registering yoursel on COCAs

online Artist Directory.This virtual listing o the Tallahassee areas talented painters, sculptors,graphic artists, musicians, dancers, authors, theatre personnel, and more is ree or a basic listing,

which includes your name, discipline, and contact inormation. COCA members are entitled to anexpanded listing, which includes a description, image, and link to your personal web site.

I you are a visual artist, COCAs Arts in Public Places Program may oer an opportunity or you

to show your artwork. COCA accepts proposals rom proessional and non-proessional artistsor individual and small group shows or the City Hall Art Gallery and the Artport Gallery at the

Tallahassee Regional Airport. Or or a smaller commitment, apply to participate in one o ourjuried exhibitions. In the all, Photoesthighlights the areas photographers, while in the spring,Creative Tallahassee encompasses all media.

For your students artwork, COCA hosts the annual Winterestival Youth Art Exhibition inconjunction with the City o Tallahassees Winterestival. Please contact Leslie Puckett at 850-224-

2500 or [email protected] or more inormation about any o our Arts in Public Places programs.

Do your students oer concerts, plays, exhibits, or any other events youd like the public to attend?

COCAs online calendar at www.MoreThanYouThought.com is a listing o upcoming communitycultural events. Go online and browse the multitude o things to do, and post your own events orree. With thousands o hits per day, its the perect place to fnd an audience.

Want to keep up with everything thats going on? Send an e-mail to [email protected] requestinga subscription to COCAs Weekly E-mail Blast. Every Thursday youll receive announcements,

job listings, volunteer opportunities, calls to artists and writers, audition notices, workshopinormation, special events, and more.

In addition, the COCA oers technical assistance in grant writing, undraising, arts curriculum

development, marketing, and a variety o other topics to educators, artists, and cultural

organizations every year.

Please visit our website at www.cocanet.org to learn about our many other programs, such asCapital Culture Magazine, grants or cultural organizations, First Friday Gallery Hop, SomeEnchanted Evenings ticket program, and many others.

Please eel ree to contact us anytime. I youve got an idea and you need help, advice, orcollaborators, give us a call!

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861 S. ML King Jr. Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32301

(850) 224-2500 phone

(850) 224-2515 ax

[email protected]

www.cocanet.org

www.morethanyouthought.com

COCA Board o Directors

Anne Mackenzie - Chair

Ken Winker - Vice Chair

Kay Stephenson - Treasurer/Secretary

Michael H. Sheridan- Immediate Past

Chair

Margo H. Bindhardt - Executive

Committee Member At-Large

Valliere Richard Auzenne

Mickey BradyAlredo Cruz

Lydia A. McKinley-Floyd

Longineu Parsons

Mark Ravenscrat

Susan Stratton

Mike Vasilinda

Stacey Webb

Johanna Williams

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John Marks, MayorBob Rackle, County Commission

Marge Banocy-Payne, TCC

Richard G. Fallon, Cultural Ambassador

Valencia E. Matthews, FAMU

Donna H. McHugh, FSU

COCA Sta

Peggy Brady, Executive Director

Randi Goldstein, Associate Director

eslie Puckett, Arts in Public Places Director

Clint L. Riley, Community Relations &Events Coordinator

Amanda Karioth Thompson,

Education Coordinator

Holly Thompson , Operations and

Grants Manager


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The 621 Gallery ..........................................................................................................................................4

Arican Caribbean Dance Theatre, Inc. ........................................................................................36

The Artist Series o Tallahassee, Inc ................................................................................................. 5

The Ballroom Dance Group ..............................................................................................................36

Big Brothers Big Sisters o the Big Bend, Inc. ............................................................................36

BJs Party House .......................................................................................................................................36

The Boys Choir o Tallahassee ..........................................................................................................36

Alice Cappa, Artist .................................................................................................................................... 6

Character Heritage Institute .............................................................................................................36

Corazn Dancers ....................................................................................................................................36

CyPress Publications .............................................................................................................................. 7

Dr. Sounds Music Clinic ........................................................................................................................8

Marci Elliott, Author...............................................................................................................................10

FAMU Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery .........................................................................................36

Florida Public Service Commission .............................................................................................. 11

Florida State Opera ................................................................................................................................12

FSU Department o Dance ............................................................................................................... 13

FSU International Center ....................................................................................................................13

FSU Museum o Fine Arts .................................................................................................................. 14

Gadsden Arts Center ........................................................................................................................... 14

Anne Haw Holt, Author .......................................................................................................................15

Imani Dance Program or Youth Development, Inc. ............................................................36

John G. Riley Center ............................................................................................................................. 16

Knott House Museum ......................................................................................................................... 17

LeMoyne Center or the Visual Arts-Art Education Department .................................. 18

LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library ................................................................................ 19

Regina N. Lewis, Author ..................................................................................................................... 19

Lichgate on High Road, The Laura Jepsen Institute, Inc.................................................... 20

The Mary Brogan Museum o Art and Science ...................................................................... 20

Mildred and Claude Pepper Library and Museum .............................................................. 23

Mission San Luis ..................................................................................................................................... 24

The Museum o Florida History...................................................................................................... 25

Anne Petty, Author ...............................................................................................................................37

Prophecy School o the Arts .............................................................................................................37

Quilters Unlimited ..................................................................................................................................37

Railroad Square Shops and Studios .............................................................................................37

Ted Simmons, Author ......................................................................................................................... 27

The Tallahassee Ballet ...........................................................................................................................29

Tallahassee Little Theatre ...................................................................................................................30

The Tallahassee Museum ...................................................................................................................31

Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra..................................................................................................33

The Tallahassee Writers Association, Inc. ...................................................................................34

Utrecht Art Supply .................................................................................................................................37

WFSU ............................................................................................................................................................37

Michael Whitehead, Author ..............................................................................................................37


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The 621 GalleryThe Artist Series promotes and encourages classical music in the capital city by presenting a serieso world-renowned classical music perormances, providing an Artist-in-Residence series o recitals

that educate students on the relevance o classical music, and sponsoring the Big Bend CommunityOrchestra, an organization that provides orchestral perormance opportunities to local musicians.

Charles E. Hook Sculpture Garden

Grades K-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency Workshop

Area(s) o emphasis: Visual Art

Cost o program: No cost

Availability: Monday-Friday, except holidays, 9am-4 pm, but we will arrange tours orprivate organizations outside regular hours upon request.

Program Description: The 621 Gallery oers guided tours o the Charles E. Hook Sculpture Garden

as well as the indoor galleries. Join us or an event flled day learning aboutsculpting through the eyes o 16 regional sculptors who create larger than

lie art by using various methods and materials. The program includes aguided tour o the Sculpture Garden located throughout Railroad Square ArtPark with discussions emphasizing the techniques o welding, elements o

art, and key art terms.

Pre-/Post-visit materials: Lesson plans are available and are intended to be used throughout theschool year to enhance students awareness o art in all subject areas.

Teachers are mailed a copy o our curriculum kit designed or all grade

levels. Within each kit teachers will receive an appropriate grade levelcurriculum along with instructional accommodations or students with

learning disabilities, study guide, pre-/post-test, activity sheets, artistprofles, map, photos and descriptions o sculptures, and pre-/post-surveys

o sculpture garden tour.

Requirements: Teachers must provide inormation about any special needs or theirstudents or special activities.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.A.1., LA.C.1.1, LA.C.2.1, LA.C.3.1, LA.D.1.1, LA.B.2.2,LA.B.2.3, LA.C.2.3, LA.B.2.4, LA.C.1.4, LA.C.3.4 Math (MA): MA.B.1.1, MA.C.2.1

MA.A.2.1, MA.A.1.2, MA.A.5.2, MA.B.2.2, MA.A.1.4, MA.B.2.4, MA.B.3.4Science (SC): SC.A.1.1, SC.A.2.1, SC.D.1.1, SC.B.2.4 Visual Arts (VA): VA.C.1.1,

VA.D.1.1, VA.E.1.1, VA.C.1.2, VA.D.1.2, VA.E.1.2, VA.B.1.3, VA.C.1.3, VA.D.1.3,VA.E.1.3

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context, Comparison, Cause and Eect, MeasurementGeometry and Spatial Sense, Physical and Chemical Sciences

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621 Industrial Dr.Railroad Square Art Park


Contact: Denise Drury(850) 224-6163

[email protected]

www.621gallery.com

VA

LA MA SC


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The Artist Series of Tallahassee, Inc./

Big Bend Community OrchestraThe Artist Series promotes and encourages classical music in the capital city by presenting a series

o world-renowned classical music perormances, providing an Artist-in-Residence series o recitalsthat educate students on the relevance o classical music, and sponsoring the Big Bend Community

Orchestra, an organization that provides orchestral perormance opportunities to local musicians.

The Parker Quartet presents an Artist-in-Residence Program

Grades K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Music


Availability: January 21-24, 2009, during the school day.

Program Description: The Parker Quartet will perorm a mini-recital, demonstrate their instruments

and participate in a question and answer session with students

Pre-/Post-visit materials: Pre-visit materials include study guides or the Parker Quartets publicperormance that correlate to Sunshine State Standards in math, science,history and music or grades 3-5. These lesson plans and all related

materials are posted to the www.theartistseries.org website at least onemonth beore the scheduled visit.s Input will be requested rom teachers

and students ater the visit. Note: participating teachers will receivecomplimentary tickets to the public perormance on Sunday, January 25,

2009.

Requirements: Large music classroom or other large space; 4 music stands; 4 chairs

Sunshine State Standards: Music (MU): MU.C.1.2; MU.D.1.2; MU.D.2.2; MU.E.1.2; MU.E.2.2; MU.D.1.3;

MU.C.1.3; MU.D.1.3; MU.D.2.3;MU.E.1.3.; MU.E.2.3; MU.C.1.3; MU.D.1.4;MU.E.1.4; MU.E.2.4

Demonstrations o Orchestral Instruments

Grades K-5




Availability: Monday-Friday based on availability

Program Description: Demonstration o orchestral instruments and group perormances.

Specifc instruments may be highlighted i requested by the teacher.

1345 Thomasville Rd.


Contact: Pam Sobodowski(850) 224-9934

[email protected]

www.theartistseries.com

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Pre-/Post-visit materials: Inormation about opportunities to hear orchestral instruments

perorming in the community.

Requirements: Music classroom

Sunshine State Standards: Music (MU): MU.D.1.1; MU.E.2.1; MU.D.1.2; MU.E.2.

Alice Cappa, ArtistAlice Cappa creates wearable and decorative art rom natural fbers, integrating a unique expressiono color and texture into a traditional crat. Her artwork includes spinning, weaving and dyeing with

indigenous fbers and natural dyes.

Fiber Arts: Paper Making Demos and Activities

Grades K-12



Cost o program: $50 per hour. Alice Cappa is a registered Leon County Schools vendoravailable to all schools at all grade levels

Availability: Monday-Friday based on availability. Winter is best.

Program Description: Paper-Making starts with a fber pulp plus natural materials such as grasses,seeds, petals or eathers. The program covers making pulp, screening

sheets o paper and embellishing with color and textures into a groupcollage. Finished collages can be displayed as a group piece or cut into

individual bookmarks. Optional workshop provides screens and pulp oreach individual to make his own paper collage, photo mats or stationery.

Language and complexity o project or demo varies with age group.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: All equipment provided and most materials provided depending on

activity or size o group.

Requirements: Wet area: tables and sink nearby. Dry area: electricity.

Sunshine State Standards: Visual Arts (VA): VA.A.1.1-D.1.1; VA.A.1.2-D.1.2; VA.A.1.3-C.1.3; VA.A.1.4-C.1.4

FCAT Focus Areas: Lie and Environmental Sciences

Fiber Arts: Spinning and Weaving Demos and Activities

Grades K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Visual ArtCost o program: $50 per hour or negotiable or ull day. Alice Cappa is a registered Leon

County Schools vendor available to all schools at all grade levels.

291 Green Meadows Rd.Monticello, FL 32344

Contact: Alice Cappa(850) 997-5505

[email protected]

www.acappa.comClick on Just For Schools

VA



Availability: Monday-Friday based on availability. Winter is best.

Program Description: Beginning with comments on abric uses with the clothing students wear, ormaterials ound at home, this program covers unctional vs. non-unctional

weaving and demonstrates the entire process rom spinning a fber (rawwool) to dyeing, to weaving. Students receive hands-on experience o wools,

yarns, fnished items, and may possibly try a little weaving. This programis related to airy tales, social studies, measuring and ormulas, history, and

science-simple machinery. Language and complexity o project or demovaries with age group. Field trip opportunity involves a visit to the artists

Monticello sheep arm with demonstrations on a large loom.Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Vocabulary list supplied upon request. All equipment and materials are

provided. Storybook and PowerPoint program o sheep are also available.

Requirements: Table and chair, possibly computer/slide projector.

Sunshine State Standards: Visual Arts (VA): A.1.1 E.1.1; A.1.2-E.1.2; A.1.3-C-1.3; A.1.4 C.1.4.

FCAT Focus Areas: Lie and Environmental Sciences

CyPress PublicationsCyPress Publications is a local independent publishing company that strives to give opportunitiesto local authors. In addition to presenting publishing-related programs to school groups, CyPress

Publications unctions as a resource to the schools on behal o the authors published by thiscompany.

Book Publishing Workshop

Grades 3-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Film/Media Arts, Literary Arts



Program Description: Leland F. Raymond, Publisher o CyPress Publications, oers grade-specifcbook publishing workshops in which all aspects o the publishing

process are demonstrated to the students. Using the students own writingand other artwork, students will create electronic fles or book interiors

and covers. Upon request, these fles will be submitted to a commercialbook printer, and the printed books may be purchased by the students as

keepsake items.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Printed books o students writing and other artwork or purchase

P.O. Box 2636Tallahassee, FL 32316-26

Contact: Leland F. Raymo(850) 576-8820

[email protected]

www.cypress-starpublicat

LA



Requirements: Computer projector or laptop computer is helpul or larger classes. Pre-

assigned writing or art projects are needed or inclusion in the book to beprinted commercially as a keepsake item o students work.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.B.1.2; LA.B.2.2; LA.D.2.2; LA.E.1.2; LA.E.2.2

FCAT Focus Areas: Narrative; Expository; Persuasive; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions

Visiting Authors

Grades 3-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Literary Arts

Cost o program: Negotiable with individual authors. Cypress Publications does not charge

or acilitating contact between authors and teachers.


Program Description: CyPress Publications will act as liaison between teachers and authors

published by CyPress Publications or scheduling o in-school visits andpresentations. Authors include:

Dr. Catherine S. Fontaine, author oHave a Not or Christmas . . . andAlwaysNathan Smith Hipps, author oRemembrance: A Story o Family Love and SurvivalBarbara A. Kiger, author oPaybackRegina N. Lewis, author o The Smallest Toy Storeand The Smallest SchoolhouseElizabeth Kinzer OFarrell, author oWW II . . . A Navy Nurse RemembersJuanita S. and Leland F. Raymond, authors oOrion the Skateboard Kid

John Rushing, author oA.J. Learns to Swim

Ted Simmons, author oSandstorm and Diablo CreekNorma Sundberg, author oAn Odd FableSusan Womble, author oNewts World Icon

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Presenters publications are available or purchase

Requirements: By arrangement with author

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose;Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerence and Research; Narrative;

Expository; Persuasive; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions

Dr. Sounds Music ClinicBarry Sager helps students eel empowered to make music on their own and with others. This program

encourages hands-on learning, active listening and sel expression.

Festival Field Day

Grades K - 12




Area(s) o emphasis: Music, History/Heritage

Cost o program: $50 per hour


Program Description: This program is meant or school airs or carnival activities. Passersby canchoose to stop and spend a ew minutes interacting in a musical manner.

Students will have the opportunity to tune a bamboo tube to a musicaltone and use it in playing music.

Sunshine State Standards: Health (HE): HE.C.2.1-4 ; Math (MA): MA.B.2.1-2 ; Music (MU): MU.A.3.1-2

MU.B1.1-2; Science (SC): SC.B.1.1-4 SC.H.1.1-2-3-4

FCAT Focus Areas: Comparison, Cause and Eect; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions;

Measurement; Physical and Chemical Sciences; Scientifc Thinking

Flute Building Workshop

Grades K - 12



Cost o program: Negotiable

Availability: Monday-Friday based on availability.

Program Description: Students are led through a series o processes in order to construct a panute and to learn the rudimentary skills needed to play tones on their

instruments. Students practice listening skills and critical thinking skills

while working in a group to create their own musical instrument. Thisworkshop is wrapped around exercising the skills o patience, listeningand paying attention to your work.

Requirements: Maximum o ten students. Tables and chairs are needed.

Sunshine State Standards: Health (HE): HE.B.3.1-3 HE.C.2.1-4 ; Music (MU): MU.A.3.1-2 MU.D.1.1.1-2-3-4; Science (SC): SC.B.1.1-4 SC.H.1.1--2-3-4

FCAT Focus Areas: Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerence and Research; Focus,Organization, Support, Conventions; Number Sense, Concepts, and

Operations; Measurement; Physical and Chemical Sciences; ScientifcThinking

Songs, Stories and Drawing

Grades K -2

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Music

Cost o program: $50 per hour

1027 Commercial Dr.


Contact: Barry Sager

(850) [email protected]

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Program Description: Musical demonstration in which students are exposed to the relationship

between songs and stories. Students are exposed to and experience real

world musical examples o the terms beginning, middle, end, high, low,ast, and slow. This program combines music, literature, and drawing,

bringing them all together to help students explore the diversity o theworld o creativity.

Sunshine State Standards: Dance (DA): DA.A.1.1-4 DA.2.1.1-1; Health (HE): HE.B.3.1-3; Language Arts

(LA): LA.A.1.1-4; Music (MU): MU.A.3.1-2

FCAT Focus Areas: Comparison, Cause and Eect; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions

Marci Elliott, AuthorMarci Elliott, Tallahassee-based reelance writer, editor & journalist, provides workshops, tutoringand mentoring to classes or individual students interested in writing proessionally as a career.

Writing Workshop

Grades K - 12


Area(s) o emphasis: Literary Arts, Other

Cost o program: No cost or in-class workshops and mentoring; ees do apply or one-on-

one tutoring

Availability: Monday-Friday

Program Description: Workshop content includes changes in journalism to keep up with high-tech demands o todays workplace, whats expected o journalists as ar ascross-training is concerned (skills with digital devices as well as writing and

editing skills), various career opportunities. The program also ocuses onthe importance o accuracy, attribution, correct writing, grammar, spelling,

punctuation and other tools o the writing proession.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Handouts and copies o writing samples

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose;

Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerence and Research; Narrative;Expository; Persuasive; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions


3150 Windsong Drive, #1107Tallahassee, FL 32308

Contact: Marci Elliott




Florida Public Service CommissionThe Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC), a state agency, sets the rates utility companies chargeor natural gas, water, wastewater, and electricity. FPSC also oversees telephone service in Florida. The

FPSC partners with schools in an ongoing educational eort to promote energy awareness duringthe U.S. Department o Energys National Energy Awareness Program (annually in October) and to

promote water conservation during the American Water Works Associations National Drinking WaterWeek (annually in May).

Turn it On, Turn it Of, an Energy Awareness Program

Grades K-8


Area(s) o emphasis: Drama/Theatre


Availability: The month o October, during or ater school.

Program Description: An original play, Turn it On, Turn it Of, based on the Energy Hog theme/concept frst introduced by the U.S. Department o Energy, which

encourages students to think about their amilys energy usage. In additionto presenting the play, the FPSC has developed a short inormationalquestion and answer session with students encouraging discussion about

energy conservation.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Prior to the school program, the script, Turn it On, Turn it Of, can beprovided to school o cials. Subsequent to the program, the FPSC can

provide energy conservation booklets or the teachers to use with their

students.

Requirements: The play can be perormed in a school caetorium, in a gymnasium or ona stage. A sound system, with microphones, would be helpul. The FPSC

Outreach Team coordinates the planning and logistics or the schoolassembly events with designated school personnel.

Water Wiser, a Water Conservation Awareness Program

Grades K-8


Area(s) o emphasis: Drama/Theatre


Availability: The month o May, during or ater school

Program Description: An original play,Water Wiser, encourages students to think about ourdrinking water and the need to conserve it. Ater the play, a question and

answer session encourag students to discuss water as a viable resourceand the importance o conservation. The FPSC has also developed a water

experience to demonstrate how much water may be lost as a result osomething as simple as a leaky aucet.

2540 Shumard Oaks Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0850

Contact: Beverlee S. DeMelloor Thelma V. Crump

(850) 413-6107or (850) [email protected] or

[email protected]

www.oridapsc.com



Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Prior to the school program, the script, Water Wiser, can be provided to

school o cials. Subsequent to the program, the FPSC can provide waterconservation booklets or the teachers to use with their students, as well asa resource hand-out.

Requirements: The play can be perormed in a school caetorium, in a gymnasium, or on

a stage. A sound system, with microphones, would be helpul. The FPSCsOutreach Team coordinates the planning and logistics or the school

assembly with designated school personnel.

Florida State OperaThe Florida State Opera is a part o the FSU College o Music, providing students with education

opportunities in perormance, coaching, conduction and stage directing.

Florida State Opera Educational Outreach Program

Grades K-8


Area(s) o emphasis: Drama/Theatre, Music


Availability: Typically perormances are in the schools at the beginning o February

Program Description: The FSOs educational outreach program is designed or young audiences.

The goal is to expose young people to the genre and help them have abetter understanding and appreciation or opera. Shows are perormed

in English by Florida State Opera students. Choose a 30-45 minute operaappropriate or elementary school or middle school.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Pre-visit materials are provided to teachers to help prepare students. TheFlorida State Opera also sends docents into the schools the week beore

the perormances

Requirements: The Opera needs a large space such as a choir room or auditorium that wilaccommodate a small set. A piano is also required.

132 N. Copeland St.HMU 002 FSU


Contact:: June Dollar(850) 644-5248

[email protected]

www.music.su.edu/opera.htm



FSU Department of DanceThe FSU Department o Dance continues to be a pioneer and leader among college dance programs.The Department has a reputation as a center or the creation, reconstruction and production o

outstanding dance repertory, ranging rom traditional classical choreography to contemporaryoriginal works.

Dance Repertory Theatre and other various programs throughout the year.

Grades K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Dance



Program Description: Dance Repertory Theatre is a student group in the Department o Dancethat provides educational programs tailored to your needs.

FSU International CenterThe FSU International Center serves international students, aculty and sta and their amilies, as wellas providing intercultural resources to the FSU campus and the community. This organization curates

the International Center Art Gallery which eatures art rom all over the world created by local artists.They also host the International Bazaar which oers cultural perormances, displays and interactive

demonstrations.

Global Ambassador Program

Grades K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Dance, History/Heritage, Music, Visual Art


Availability: Monday-Friday based on availability. Please allow two weeks notice.

Program Description: The Global Ambassador Program provides international students, scholars,and aculty opportunities to spread awareness about their countryand culture to schools and organizations throughout the Tallahassee

community. The International Center arranges speaking engagementsand other activities in classrooms such as storytelling, games, and music.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Presenter bio and evaluation are always included. Other materials may be

added depending on organizational need.

Requirements: Needs vary depending on the kind o presentation the teacher has requested.

P.O. Box 3062120


Contact: Emily Keeler(850) 644-4425

[email protected]

www.dance.su.edu

945 Learning WayTallahassee, FL 32306-4240

Contact: Aleksandra Nesic

(850) 644-1702

ic-globalconnections@admin

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FSU Museum of Fine ArtsLocated on FSUs campus, the Museum o Fine Arts (FSU MoFA) has a large permanent collection androtating exhibitions eaturing national, regional, and local artists.

Education Program K-12Grades K-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Visual Art


Availability: Monday-Friday except holidays. Museum hours are normally 9 am 4 pm, but

we will arrange tours and some activities outside those hours upon request.

Program Description: The FSU MoFA oers tours o exhibitions or behind the scenes, K-12

exhibitions, parent/student/teacher nights, high school internships(grades 11-12), partnership projects with interested schools, teacher

packets (also available on the FSU website), catalogues, teacherworkshops, an FSU Museum/Ringling teacher institute, and a student

volunteer program.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Exhibition inormation packets, catalogues

Requirements: Generally school groups are capped at 30, though larger groups can

sometimes be divided into smaller segments or touring.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): various standards; Social Studies (SS): various

standards; Visual Arts (VA): various standards

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Comparison, Cause and Eect; Narrative;Expository; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions

Gadsden Arts CenterWith a vision o lighting our community through visual art, the Gadsden Arts Center eatures thework o local and regional fne artists in all media. Begun in 1994, the center will be establishing a

permanent collection and hosts exhibits throughout the year.

Exhibition Tours

Grades K - 12




Availability: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am 5 pm and Sunday 1 5 pm


Room 250 Fine Arts BuildingTallahassee, FL 32306-1140

Contact: Viki Thompson Wylder(850) 644-1299

[email protected]

www.moa.su.edu

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13 N. Madison St.Quincy, FL 32351

Contact: Grace Maloy


www.gadsdenarts.org



Program Description: Exhibition Tours:Students visit the gallery and tour current exhibit guided

by a highly prepared docent. Participants also enjoy related studio activitesto explore mediums and techniques such as drawing, painting, collage orprint making.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Gallery Guides and lesson plans are available.

Requirements: Teachers must provide inormation about any special needs or their

students. They must go over the rules o visiting a gallery (provided byGadsden Arts) beore coming to the gallery. All tours must be scheduled

at least two weeks ahead o time, and can be groups o 5-30 individuals.

Art to Schools and Art or Literacy

Grades K - 12




Availability: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am 5 pm and Sunday 1 5 pm; All tours must be

scheduled at least two weeks ahead o time, and can be groups o 5-30individuals.

Program Description: This program allows students to experience art appreciation while theylearn about the related culture and history surrounding a piece o artwork.

The Art or Literacy program eaturesart-inspired writing activities thathelp students learn Sunshine State Standard correlated literacy skills.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Gallery Guides and lesson plans are available.

Requirements: Teachers must provide inormation about any special needs or theirchildren or special activities. They must go over the rules o visiting a

gallery (provided by Gadsden Arts) beore coming to the gallery

2636 W. Mission Rd. # 146Tallahassee, FL 32304

Contact: Anne Haw Holt


www.ahholt.com

Anne Haw Holt, AuthorAnne Haw Holt is the author o several western style novels appropriate or the whole amily. She also

writes poetry and historical pieces. The author welcomes discussions o writing and publishing andoten speaks to groups on writing, women as heroes, and Florida history.

Writing and Storytelling WorkshopsGrades K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Literary Arts





Program Description: Presentation includes inormation on what an author does and how to

become one. Choose either a one hour or an all day workshop on writingor storytelling.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Copies o How to Build a Story, Clean up your Writing and Spark yourWriting handouts.

Requirements: A 6 t table to hold books in classroom or auditorium

FCAT Focus Areas: Reading: Words and Phrases in Context; Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose;

Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerence and Research. Writing: Narrative;Expository; Persuasive; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions

John G. Riley Center/ Museum of African

American History & CultureThe John G. Riley Museum promotes arts and education through cultural exposure. Sharing thecollective history o people, places, and events that help shape our society is the driving orce behindthe John G. Riley Museum.

Riley Youth Heritage Education Component

Grades K-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: History/Heritage, Literary Arts


Availability: Monday-Friday 10 am 4 pm during the school year.

Program Description: Programs include tours o the historic Riley House and classroomhistorical presentations. Students are introduced to signifcant historic

places and people o present times and revisit past events and peoplethat have helped to shape the abric o todays society. Some o the

skill developments that are emphasized throughout this program are:determining the main ideas o essential messages, arranging events

in chronological order, confrming simple predictions, recognizing thedierence between act and opinion and making inerences. Please callor more inormation regarding summer, ater school and other programs

including Blended Lives, Power Up and Rileys Kids.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Educational resource materials

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.A.1.2.1, LA.B.1.2.1. Science (SC): SC.G.2.2.3; SocialStudies (SS): SS.B.1.2.1

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose; Reerenceand Research; Narrative; Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations; Earth

and Space Sciences; Lie and Environmental Sciences

419 E. Jeerson St.Tallahassee, FL 32301

Contact: Augustus Mitchell


www.rileymuseum.org

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Knott House MuseumThe Knott House Museum serves to educate the public about the history and the cultural heritageo Tallahassee and the state o Florida. Public tours ocusing on the lie o residents o the house rom

1928-1941 are oered Wednesday-Saturday. Called the House that Rhymes by Luella Knott, themuseum still displays her poetry throughout the house.

Guided Tour

Grades 2-12


Area(s) o emphasis: History/Heritage

Cost o program: $1 per person

Availability: By appointment Tuesday-Saturday. Closed the month o August.

Program Description: Guided tour o the Knott House Museum takes 45 minutes. This tourocuses on the 1930s and the Knott House amilys residence in the house

during the Great Depression. Thingamajig is the optional hands-onactivity that takes 30 minutes. Students investigate what objects can tell

us about the lives o the people who used them.

Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies (SS): SS.A.6.3.4

The House That Rhymes Tour

Grades 3-5



Cost o program: $1 per person

Availability: By appointment Tuesday-Saturday. Closed the month o August.

Program Description: Luella Knotts witty verses hang rom her Victorian antiques, lighteningthe mood o her visitors during the Great Depression. The frst hour o

the program eatures an interactive tour o the house during whichstudents read Mrs. Knotts poems and discuss them in the context owhat they have learned about the1930s. Students engage in lively poetry

interpretation during the last hal-hour o the program. Please call twoweeks in advance or reservations.

Sunshine State Standards: LA 3.1.6.2, LA 3.1.6.6, LA 3.1.7.2, LA 4.1.4.3, LA 4.1.6.6, LA 4.1.7.2, LA 5.1.7.2,

LA 5.2.1.3

301 E. Park Ave.


Contact: Bea Cotellis(850) 922-2459

[email protected]

www.heritage.com/museum

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LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts

Art Education DepartmentLeMoyne promotes interest in the visual arts and encourages community appreciation o,

understanding o, and participation in the visual arts through changing exhibits, a permanentcollection o Florida artworks, exhibit-related educational programs, and year-round studio art courses.

Art Delivery, Art Demos and Activities

Grades 1 - 12



Cost o program: $3 - $10 per student depending upon activity

Availability: Monday - Friday, 10 am 4 pm. Call or additional availability.

Program Description: Well bring art to you. Activities such as painting, drawing, ceramics and morebrought right to your door. Well work together to tailor the activity to the

need, interest and ability level o your group. All tools and materials included.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Art Education Fast Facts inormation sheets provide inormation aboutkey terms, artists and additional recommended activities.

Requirements: Chairs, tables and other materials (such as paper to cover tables). Adultsupervision or students. One assistant to meet LeMoyne sta and assist

with set-up and clean-up.

Docent Guided Gallery ToursGrades 1 - 12



Cost o program: No cost to Leon County Schools. Special activities available upon request oran additional ee, typically $3 - $10. For all non-Leon County School groups,

LeMoyne requests a donation o $1 per participant or the Gallery Tour.

Availability: Tuesday - Friday, 10 am 4 pm. Call or additional availability.

Program Description: Join us in the gallery to learn about art. Explore artist techniques and learn

key art terms. Be inspired by the work in the gallery and enjoy the serenesetting o the Lind Sculpture Garden. Many groups bring a brown bag

lunch to enjoy in the Garden.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Art Education Fast Facts inormation sheets provide inormation about

key terms, artists and additional recommended activities.

Requirements: Adult supervision or students.

417 E. Call St.


Contact: Anna Myers


www.lemoyne.org



LeRoy Collins Leon County Public LibraryThe LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System inspires a love o reading by providing literacybased programming and inormation or children and adults as well as dynamic resources or creative

and intellectual pursuits, enabling residents to live a lie o learning.

Library Tour and Overview o Services

Grades K-12




Availability: Monday-Sunday; Branch Libraries are open Monday-Saturday. For specifchours, please check the Librarys site www.leoncountylibrary.org

Program Description: The main branch o the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library Systemwelcomes class visits or all ages. Tour the Youth Services Section and learn

about all o the resources available, including online catalog, researchdatabases, and ree online tutoring. Library sta may coordinate examples,

special materials, reading lists and more with specifc projects or topics ointerest to the visiting group. When applicable, other areas o the librarymay be included in the tour.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: With advance notice, the Library can provide bookmarks and book lists to

ft the educational goals o the visiting group.

Requirements: The Library encourages a ratio o 5 students per adult. Groups are

encouraged to call the Library to make an appointment.

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Reerence and Research; Physical andChemical Sciences; Earth and Space Sciences; Lie and Environmental

Sciences

Regina N. Lewis, Author

Regina N. Lewis is the local childrens author o two recently published childrens books, The SmallestToy Store (ISBN 0-9672585-8-8), and The Smallest Schoolhouse (ISBN 13:978-09776958-3-6), CyPress

Publications.

Childrens Author

Grades K-6



148 Champion Oaks Cir.Havana, FL 32333

Contact: Regina N. Lewis(850) 539-6397

[email protected] rnlewis @mchsi.com

www.smalleststories.com

200 W. Park Ave.


Contact: Mary Douglas(850) 606-2665

[email protected]

www.leoncountylibrary.org



Cost o program: Honorarium varies

Availability: Monday-Friday. Please allow 3-4 weeks notice to make arrangements.Weekend scheduling also available.

Program Description: Ms. Lewis will be available to schools or story sharing and book signings.

Lichgate on High Road /

The Laura Jepsen Institute, Inc.Lichgate on High Road is an enchanted English Tudor style cottage that was the home o an

exceptional educator, Laura Jepsen. Beautiully tranquil grounds with a majestic live oak tree,buttery, vegetable, and herb gardens provide the setting or the Institutes emphasis on community

cooperation, land stewardship, ecological awareness, and lie as art.

Lichgate and Laura

Grades K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: History/Heritage, Literary Arts

Cost o program: Donation requested

Availability: Monday Friday, 9 am 3 pm.

Program Description: Learn about the unique Lichgate property and the teacher who had a

dream to create a humble, gentle lie in the midst o civilization. Theprogram includes a guided tour o the Lichgate Cottage and gardens

with discussion emphasizing the lie and literary works o Laura Jepsenand how, with determination, one person can make a dierence. Theenchanting cottage is a wonderul introduction or students to a National

Register historic home, historic preservation, environmental landstewardship, and community cooperation.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Handout.

The Mary Brogan Museum of Art & ScienceThe Mary Brogan Museum o Art & Science oers exhibitions and programs that incorporate hands-onactivities and experiences that educate and inspire. With two oors o science and an art gallery, the

Brogan Museum instills culture and inspires patrons o all ages to imagine the possibilities.

P.O. Box 11305


Contact: Jody Taylor




Docent Led Tours

Grade K-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Visual Art, Other

Cost o program: Field trip admission rates or groups o 10 or more are $3.50 per student;

chaperones, teachers, and bus drivers are admitted ree

Availability: Monday-Friday during Museum hours; 10 am 5pm.

Program Description: A tour o the Museum is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. A tour o

the art gallery is typically 25-30 minutes. Please visit our website to viewour eatured art exhibition schedule: www.thebrogan.org.

Requirements: Tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.

Sunshine State Standards: Visual Arts (VA): VA.C.1.1, VA.D.1.1, VA.E.1.1, VA.C.1.2, VA.D.1.2, VA.E.1.2,VA.B.1.3, VA.C.1.3, VA.D.1.3, VA.E.1.3

The Facts About Artiacts

Grades 6-8


Area(s) o emphasis: Visual Art, Other

Cost o program: Field Trip -$15 per class, plus $1 per student (max. 30 students per class).In School - $100 or frst class, $50 or each additional class plus $.50 per

mile round trip (not applicable i located within 10 miles o The BroganMuseum).

Availability: Monday-Friday, year round, as an in-school program or as an

enhancement to the Museum tour experience.

Program Description: This is a hands-on program using the Mesoamerican artiacts with animal

images rom The Brogans Millet Collection. Find out how archaeologistslearn about the culture o ancient peoples.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Class outline and suggested pre and post activities.

Requirements: For in-school Exploration classes, we request that at least one assistant be

provided to greet the Museum sta upon arrival or setting up and to actas a liaison with the aculty throughout the duration o the program(s). Alimit o six in-school programs per day and a lunch break are requested.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.A.2.2.3, LA.B.1.2.1, LA.B.2.2.1, LA.C.1.2.3; Math (MA):

MA.B.1.2.1, MA.B.2.2.1, MA.B.4.2.2, MA.C.1.2.1; Science (SC): SC.A.1.2.1,SC.H.1.2.2; Social Studies (SS): SS.A.1.2.2 ; Visual Arts (VA): VA.B.1.2.1,VA.C.1.2.2

350 S. Duval St.


Contact: Aimee Hills

(850) 513-0700, ext. [email protected]

www.thebrogan.org

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Funky Fish

Grades K-2

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Visual Art, Other

Cost o program: Field Trip -$15 per class, plus $1 per student (max. 30 students per class).

In School - $100 or frst class, $50 or each additional class plus $.50 permile round trip (not applicable i located within 10 miles o The Brogan

Museum).

Availability: Monday-Friday, year round, as an in-school program or as an

enhancement to the Museum tour experience.

Program Description: Get a real eel or science as you practice the art o Gyotaku to create yourown sensational, textured fsh prints. Compare fsh to human anatomy

and observe live specimens in our EcoLab exhibit.


Requirements: For in-school Exploration classes, we request that at least one assistant be

provided to greet the Museum sta upon arrival or setting up and to actas a liaison with the aculty throughout the duration o the program(s). A

limit o six in-school programs per day and a lunch break are requested.

Sunshine State Standards: Science (SC): SC.A.1.1.1, SC.F.1.1.1, SC.F.1.1.4, SC.F.1.1.5, SC.F.2.1.2, SC.G.1.1.4,SC.H.1.1.1, SC.D.1.1.2; Visual Arts (VA): VA.A.1.1.1, VA.A.1.1.3, VA.B.1.2.1

Mesoamerican Animals

Grades 3-5


Area(s) o emphasis: Visual ArtCost o program: Field Trip -$15 per class, plus $1 per student (max. 30 students per class).

In School - $100 or frst class, $50 or each additional class plus $.50 permile round trip (not applicable i located within 10 miles o The Brogan

Museum).

Availability: Monday-Friday, year round, as an in-school program or as anenhancement to the Museum tour experience.

Program Description: This hands-on class and interactive program uses Mesoamerican artiactsrom The Brogans Millett Collection to teach history and discover animal

symbolism. Learn about the people and the animals that lived in Americaover one thousand years ago.


Requirements: For in-school Exploration classes, we request that at least one assistant beprovided to greet the Museum sta upon arrival or setting up and to act

as a liaison with the aculty throughout the duration o the program(s). A



limit o six in-school programs per day and a lunch break are requested.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.A.2.3.1, LA.A.2.3.3, LA.B.1.3.1, LA.B.2.3.1, LA.E.2.3.1;Math (MA): MA.B.1.3.1, MA.B.3.3.1; Science (SC): SC.A.1.3.1, SC.H.1.3.1; Social

Studies (SS): SS.A.2.3.1, SS.A.2.3.1, SS.B.1.3.1; Visual Arts (VA): VA.C.1.3.2,VA.D.1.3.2

Mildred and Claude Pepper Library and

MuseumThe Mildred and Claude Pepper Library and Museum contains unique educational exhibits designed

to educate visitors about the political career o Congressman Claude Pepper (1900-1989), one othe most inuential liberal-minded politicians in U.S. history. The museum contains multi-media

exhibits, recreations o Senator Peppers Congressional o ces, a 1938 Studebaker campaign car and aPresidential Medal o Freedom, which is the only one on display in a museum in Florida.

Discover Claude Pepper: A Politician or the People

Grades 8-12




Availability: Monday - Friday, 9 am 5 pm by scheduled appointment.

Program Description: This program encourages students to better appreciate and understandthe role o civics in the U.S. by examing Claude Peppers historical and

political legacy as an advocate or those with the greatest needs inAmerican Society. Topics include: Civil Rights, Labor, Minimum Wage, theNew Deal, World War II, and McCarthyism.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: A 45-minute or 20-minute video called Eyewitness to a Century

chronicles Claude Peppers lie. lesson plans on a variety o topics are alsoavailable.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.A.2.4.2, LA.A.2.4.5, LA.A.2.4.7; Social Studies (SS):SS9-12

FCAT Focus Areas: Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerence and Research; Persuasive

636 W. Call StreetFlorida State University


Contact: Robert Ryals, Curato(850) [email protected]

www.claudepeppercenter.net

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Mission San LuisMission San Luis is carrying the story o Floridas Spanish missions throughout the state. Modern dayvisitors to Mission San Luis discover a re-created community where time stands still. This living history

museum ocuses on the Apalachee Indians and Spanish settlers living in our area centuries ago.

Extensin San Luis : Education Outreach

Grades 3-5



Cost o program: No cost or the 2007-2008 school year

Availability: Tuesday-Friday, 10 am 4 pm.

Program Description: Extensin San Luis creates greater awareness o the roles played by

people o Spanish and Native American origin in the history o Florida andeatures hands-on interactive learning. Programs highlight important

issues and themes o the Mission San Luis story and Florida history.Artiacts, activities and role playing are central to the experience provided.

Some Extensin San Luis programs also stress Spanish language skills andESOL advancement.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Includes related crats, class activities, writing assignments, and games

designed to reinorce the Extensin San Luis experience. Some o theselessons are available at www.missionsanluis.org.

Requirements: Only a basic classroom environment is needed. Costumed teachers canadapt to special circumstances and unique classroom situations.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.C.1.2, LA.C.2.2, LA.C.3.2; NL-FL.K-12.2; Social Studies

(SS): SS.A.1.2, SS.a.4.2, SS.a.6.2, SS.D.2.2; NSS-USH.K-4.l, K-4.2, K-4.3, K4.4;NSS-USH.5-12.2, NSS-WH.5-12.6

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerenceand Research

Mission San Luis Site Tours

Grades K-12



Cost o program: No cost or the 2007-2008 school year

Availability: Tuesday-Friday, 10 am 4 pm.

Program Description: Students can explore Floridas Hispanic and Native American roots

through costumed living history, hands-on exhibits, re-creations or periodbuildings and archaeological excavations at the only reconstructedSpanish mission in Florida. Guided tours o our historic site are conducted

2021 W. Mission Rd.


Contact: Lauren Matiso(850) 487-3711

[email protected]

www.missionsanluis.org

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by a member o our costumed sta. In-Depth Encounter Tours eature

a longer and more comprehensive experience, eaturing up to fvecostumed sta members portraying residents o Mission San Luis.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Descriptions and SSS benchmarks or our Pre-Post-Visit educationalmaterials can be ound at www.missionsanluis.org.

Requirements: 1 adult is required per 10 students

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.1; NL-FL.K-12.2; Social Studies (SS): SS.A.1, SS.A.4,SS.

A.6, SS.B.2, SS.D.1, SS.A.1.2, SS.A.4.2, SS.A.6.2, SS.D.2.2; NSS-USH.K-4.1, K-4.2,K-4.3, K-4.4; NSS-USH.5-12.2, NSS-WH.5-12.6; Visual Arts (VA): VA.E.1, VA.C.1;NA-VA.K-4.4, NA-VA.5-8.4

The Museum of Florida History

The Museum o Florida History includes a late ice age diorama, mastodon skeleton, Spanish shipwreck

artiacts, a Civil War campsite, ags and weaponry, a ull size steamboat bow replica, the World War IIexhibit, Grandmas Attic and more. Exhibits include hands-on interactive components.

Discovering the Arican American Experience in Florida

Grades 6-12



Cost o program: $1 per student, chaperones ree

Availability: This program is available or scheduling in the museum Monday-Friday, 9am - 4:30 pm. In school programming is available with prior scheduling.

Weekend scheduling may also be arranged.

Program Description: Students examine Arican American history using artiacts,photographs, and documents that highlight the contributions o

Arican Americans in Florida.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Basic ino, pre-visit activity, classroom activity, travel log, bibliography and

resources, post-visit activity, and FCAT lesson plans.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): A.1.4, A.2.4, C.1.4, C.2.4, C.3.4, D.2.4; Math (MA): A.4,A.B.3, A.A.3.2.2, A.A.3.2.3, B.1.2.2, E.1.2.3; Music (MU): C.1.4, D.1.4 ; Social

Studies (SS): A.1.4, A.3.4, A.4.4, A.5.4, B.2.4

Highlights Tour

Grades K-12



500 S. Bronough St.Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250

Contact: Bonnie McCluskey


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Availability: This program is available or scheduling in the museum Monday-Friday, 9am 4:30 pm. Weekend scheduling may also be arranged.

Program Description: A guided tour o the Museums most popular exhibits and artiacts. Tours

can be tailored to your groups special interests and needs.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Trip planner, scavenger hunt master, map master, background and history,rules, and materials tailored to your groups special interest

Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies (SS): A.1.3.1, A.6.2.1, A.6.2.5, A.6.2.6, A.6.2.7, A.6.3.2, B.1.1.1,B.1.2.4, B.2.1, B.2.2,

FCAT Focus Areas: Lie and Environmental Sciences; Scientifc Thinking

My Symbols, My State, My Florida

Grades K-5




Availability: This program is available or scheduling rom Monday-Friday, 9 am - 4:30pm. In school programming is available with prior scheduling. Weekend

scheduling may also be arranged.

Program Description: Students investigate the importance o symbols while exploring the stateemblems including the alligator, the Florida panther, and the orange blossom.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Basic ino, classroom activity, symbols act sheet, bibliography, andstandards questions.

Requirements: Preerred: Projection screen, computer with Microsot PowerPoint.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): LA.A.1, LA.A.2, LA.B.1, LA.B.2, LA.C.2.1; Math (MA):

MA.A.l, MA.A.3, MA.C.1, MA.C.2, MA.E.1; Science (SC): SC.F.1, SC.G.2; SocialStudies (SS): SS.A.1, SS.A.4, SS.A.5, SS.C.1.1

Survival Florida

Grades 3-12




Availability: This program is available or scheduling in the museum Monday-Friday, 9am 4:30 pm. In school programming is available with prior scheduling.

Weekend scheduling may also be arranged.




Program Description: Students learn about the basic necessities o survival and how Native

Americans and Spanish explorers used natural resources to survive in thewilds o Florida.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Basic ino, classroom activity, Florida map, pre-visit activity, act sheet,bibliography and resources, making an astrolabe, post-visit activities, FCAT

activities, and standards questions.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): A.1.2, A.2.2, B.2.2; Math (MA): 3.2, A.3.2, A.1.2, A.E.1.2; Science(SC): E.2.2, G.1.2, H.3.2; Social Studies (SS): A.1, A.2, A.3, A.4, A.6, B.1, B.2, S.1

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Comparison, Cause and Eect; Reerenceand Research; Narrative; Persuasive; Number Sense, Concepts, and

Operations

Treasures o the Museum o Florida History

Grades 3-12




Availability: This program is available or scheduling in the museum Monday-Friday, 9am 4:30 pm. Weekend scheduling may also be arranged.

Program Description: A guided tour o the Museum where students work in groups to discover,investigate, and interpret signifcant time periods in Florida History.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Basic ino, pre-visit activity, map template, bibliography & resources, post-

visit activity, and FCAT lesson plans.

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (LA): A.1.2, A.2.2, B.1.2, B.2.2; Math (MA): A.3.2, A.1.2 ; Science

(SC): D.1, G.1, G.2, H.3; Social Studies (SS): A.1, A.2, A.3, A.4, A.5, A.6, B.2

Ted Simmons, AuthorMr. Simmons has lived and worked in some o the worlds most ascinating places which led to his

interest in and knowledge o the cultures and belies o others. These experiences and insights inormhis novels or young adults.

Middle Eastern Meditations

Grades 9-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: History/Heritage

4667 Highgrove Rd.Tallahassee, FL 32309

Contact: Ted Simmons(850) 894-6181

[email protected]





Program Description: Participants will discuss alternate ways to bridge the cultural gap betweenEast and West in todays polarized world. The presenter will discuss

how his personal adventures in the Middle East led to the writing o hisYoung Adult novel, Sandstorm, and to reections on how ones culture

determines ones perception o events.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Glossary, reading list

Requirements: PowerPoint projection desirable, but not required

Which Came First - the Character or the Plot?

Grades 5-12

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Literary Arts



Program Description: Well, which is it, plot or character? Why? Why not? Who cares? Anexploration o how plot and character work together to create a

memorable story. Discuss typical plot elements and character archetypes.


Requirements: Pencil and paper.

Writing Right Brain Exercises

Grades K-12





Program Description: The dreaded blank page. This program discusses where stories come rom.

This is a look into how things heard on the news, or in the corridors at schoolcan lead to stories that people will want to read rom beginning to end.


Requirements: Pencil and paper.



The Tallahassee Ballet

The Tallahassee Ballet stimulates appreciation o the dance arts and provides a proessional trainingground or emerging dancers through high quality productions o classical and contemporary works.

DanceChanceGrades 3-4

Type o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency WorkshopArea(s) o emphasis: Dance, Music


Availability: Events are scheduled October-May with participating schools and the

Tallahassee Ballet based on space availability and requests.

Program Description: Program provides economically disadvantaged children with tuition-ree

classes and dancewear. Classes are conducted at participating schoolsites.

Requirements: Space large enough or movement classes.

Now Playing!

Grades 1-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Dance, Drama/Theatre, Music


Availability: Call or availability

Program Description: Opportunities or area schools to attend The Tallahassee Ballets majorproductions through perormances or schools and a Young Persons

Concert.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Lesson plan packets will be developed or each production.

On Stage Now!

Grades 1-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Dance, Drama/Theatre, MusicCost o program: No cost


Program Description: This program brings the ballet to your school through special mini-

perormances, lectures, and dance demonstrations.

218 E. Third Ave.


Contact: Janet Pichard(850) 224-6917

[email protected]

www.tallaballet.com


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Requirements: Area to perorm.

R.O.A.D. Rally

Grades 6-12


Area(s) o emphasis: Dance, Drama/Theatre, Music



Program Description: This program presents abbreviated perormances to middle and highschools in Leon County at their school site.

Requirements: Area to perorm.

The Tallahassee Little Theatre

The Tallahassee Little Thetare has been entertaining the Leon County community since 1949. With an

expanded eight show season and newly created educational programs, TLT really has something oreveryone to love.

Field Trip Workshop Experience

Grades K-12

Type o Program:

Perormance

Field Trip Opportunity

Residency

Workshop

Area(s) o emphasis: Drama/Theatre, Music

Cost o program: $5 per student

Availability: Monday-Friday with appointment

Program Description: Students will enjoy an interactive workshop, tour o the theatre, and will

play age appropriate theatre games.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Handouts

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose

StoryTheatre

Grades K-5


Area(s) o emphasis: Drama/Threatre, Literary Arts


1861 Thomasville Rd.


Contact: Jimmy Kontos(850) 224-4597jimmy.kontos@

tallahasseelittletheatre.org

www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org



Cost o program: $5 per student

Availability: Once a week, call or specifc dates

Program Description: This program eatures live readings and encourages students to activelyparticipate in activities and music geared around avorite stories.

Pre-/Post-visit Materials: Song sheets, art project, each child gets a certifcate o participation

FCAT Focus Areas: Words and Phrases in Context; Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose;

Comparison, Cause and Eect

The Tallahassee MuseumCome explore the 52 acres o the Tallahassee Museum. There are historical buildings, a native habitatzoo, playground, picnic area, and more. The Museum makes learning a un experience.

Arican American History

Grades 3-5



Cost o program: $50 plus admission to the museum ($5.50 per student, $8 per adult).

For the 2007-08 school year, admission ees are waived or Leon County

School groups.

Availability: Monday Friday 9 am 3 pm.

Program Description: The Museums Bellevue Plantation house is a great location or studentsto learn about Arican American History. Students will move on to themuseums historic Concord School House, and with hands on objects, they

will learn about education ater the emancipation o slaves.


Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies (SS): SS.A.4.2.6

Farm Related Programs

Grades K-5



Cost o program: $50 plus admission to the museum ($5.50 per student, $8 per adult).For the 2007-08 school year, admission ees are waived or Leon CountySchool groups.

3945 Museum Dr.


Contact: Natasha Hartsfeld(850) 575-8684 ext. 136nhartsfeld@tallahasseemuse

www.tallahasseemuseum.org

SCSS

LA

VA




Program Description: Students will learn through hands-on activities about amily lie on a 1880sarm. This un-flled program will include comparing their lie today with

amily lie in the 1880s, the roles amily members played on the arm,and the basic needs o the arm animals. Example o activities: grinding

corn, weeding garden, or hunting eggs. There are several versions o thisprogram that are designed or dierent grade levels.


Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies (SS): SS.A.1.1; Science (SC): SC.F.1.1.1; Language Arts (LA):LA.C.1.1.1

Floridas Native People

Grades 4-5




For the 2007-08 school year, admission ees are waived or Leon CountySchool groups.


Program Description: Using visuals, artiacts and hands-on experiences, students will learn abouthe native people o this region rom the frst inhabitants to modern tribes


Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies (SS): SS.A.6.2.6; Language Arts (LA): LA.C.1.1; Visual Arts (VA):VA.C.1.2.2

Historic Buildings Tour

Grades K-5



Cost o program: $50 plus admission to the museum ($5.50 per student, $8 per adult).For the 2007-08 school year, admission ees are waived or Leon County

School groups.


Program Description: This walking tour eatures the museums historic buildings including the

Concord School, Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, and Bellevue, anantebellum home.




Sunshine State Standards: Social Studies (SS): SS.A.1.3, SS.A.5.3, SS.A.6.3

A Tale o Fossils

Grades 4-5




For the 2007-08 school year, admission ees are waived or Leon County

School groups.


Program Description: Floridas ancient history is storied in ossils. This program begins withFlorida 14 million years ago and ends with Floridas Ice Age. It includescollecting ossils, models, hands-on activities and video clips.


Sunshine State Standards: Science (SC): SC.D.1.2.4, SC.D.1.2.5, SC.H.1.2.1, SC.H.1.2.2, SC.H.1.2.5,

SC.H.3.2.2, SC.H.3.2.4; Social Studies (SS): SS.A.1.2.2, SS.A.1.2.3

Tallahassee Symphony OrchestraThe Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra produces musical performances of the highest artistic quality,and provides cultural and educational opportunities to the Tallahassee, North Florida and South Georgiacommunities. The Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestras commitment is to develop competent orchestralmusicians with a lifelong love of music.

OVERTURESOutreach ProjectGrades 3 5


Cost of Program: No cost

Program Description: Three 30 - 45 minute performances by ensembles representing the instrument

families in an orchestra are presented throughout the year. Student membersof the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra present these programs and providerole models of students pursing their music interest and exhibiting determination,dedicated practice, teamwork, and passion. A question and answer period allowsstudents to customize their experience and to get to know the musicians better.

Requirements: Spacious room such as an auditorium or large music room.

Standards Met: MU.B.2.2.2; MU.C.1.2.1; MU.C.1.2.4; MU.D. 1.2.2; MU.D. 2.2.1; MU.E. 1.2.2;MU.E.2.2.2; MU. E.2.2.3

1345 Thomasville Rd.Tallahassee, FL 32303

Contact: Lois Gri n(850) 224-0461

director@tallahasseesymphon

www.tallahasseesymphony.o

MU



Young Peoples ConcertGrades 3 6


Cost of Program: $8 per student, 1 adult chaperone free for every 10 students

Availability: TBA (usually a Friday morning in April).

Program Description: The 2009 young peoples concert will feature Carnival of the Animals by SaintSaens and other delightful music representing animals including AndersonsWaltzing Cat, Gershwins Walking the Dog, Rimsky-Korsakovs Flight of theBumblebee and Tschaikovskys Galloping Horse (William Tell Overture Finale).

Standards Met: MU.B.2.2.2; MU.C.1.2.1; MU.C.1.2.4; MU.D. 1.2.2; MU.D. 2.2.1; MU.E. 1.2.2;MU.E.2.2.2; MU. E.2.2.3

Pre-/Post-Visit Materials: Information available on the website in January, 2009: composer bios and photos;descriptions of the music with sound clips; information on concert etiquette; studentactivities; interactive quizzes; links to instrument demonstrations; Compact disc of

music mailed to all registered teachers.

Requirements: Pre-registration and pre-payment; bus transportation; chaperones; behaviormanagement.

The Tallahassee Writers Association, Inc.A dynamic organization o both published and aspiring writers o all ages in all genres. TWA sponsorsthe Seven Hills Writing Conerence annually, a Big Bend authors celebration, and mini-workshops.

TWA also sponsors nationally recognized writers contests: The Seven Hills Contest (fction, non-fction, memoirs, essay), Penumbra (poetry, haiku) and Celtic Knots, Project Stagelight and ProjectAutumnlight (stage plays). TWA also sponsors the high school Big Bend Writers Guild (BBWG).

Young Writers

Grade 3-12





Program Description: One to twelve authors will visit schools to read and discuss students

writing, giving students a unique opportunity to hear compliments andsuggestions rom other writers.

P.O. Box 3428Tallahassee, FL 32315-3428

Contact: Ted Simmons or Marci

Elliott(850) 894-6181 or (850) 877-3657

[email protected] or

[email protected]

www.twaonline.org



re-/Post-visit Materials: Handouts

CAT Focus Areas: Reading: Main Idea, Plot, Authors Purpose; Reerence and Research. Writing:

Narrative; Expository; Persuasive; Focus, Organization, Support, Conventions

Big Bend Writers Guild

Grades 9-12

ype o Program: Perormance Field Trip Opportunity Residency Workshop



Availability: Monday Friday

rogram Description: The Big Bend Writers Guild supports and promotes writing and all aspectso the literary arts -- poetry, prose, fction, playwriting, etc. -- to high school

students in the greater Tallahassee area. The guild provides a orum orhigh school writers to read their works and gain support among their p

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