Once Upon a Palette Educator's Teaching Kit

The Museum’s Once Upon a Palette Educator’s Teaching Kit is available free of charge to educators at all levels. The kit contains background information, scholar essays, timelines and more. The kit also outlines the field trip opportunities at the Museum.

To get your copy of the Once Upon a Palette Educator’s Teaching Kit contact the Museum’s education department at (860) 434-5542, ext. 113 or mollie@flogris.org.

Contents of the Current Teaching Kit:

General Background Information:

History of the Lyme Art Colony
A Timeline of the Lyme Art Colony

Five Scholar Essays:

Introduction to the Lyme Art Colony by Jeffrey Andersen
Florence Ann Griswold by Hildegard Cummings
Connecticut and American Impressionism by Hildegard Cumming
Old Lyme and the Colonial Revival by Thomas Andrew Denenberg
Boardinghouses by Hildegard Cummings

New Educational Resources:

Information about The Teaching Poster by David Macaulay
Information about On-Line Learning
Art Goes to School Program
Teacher In-Service Programs

Field Trip Experience Information:

Program Descriptions
How to Book a Field Trip
Day of the Tour Information
Field Trip Experience Evaluation Form

Supplements to be mailed at a later date:

Glossary of Terms
Pre-, and Post-Visit Activities
In-Class & On-Line Lesson Plans
Annotated Bibliography
And More!

The teaching kit is made possible through grants from The Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent Federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities, as well as the Connecticut Humanities Council.