As a kid I don't think I realized how great museums were. Now I realize that museums make learning fun. Here is site from The Smithsonian that is especially for kids. I expected the site to only have different types of art to learn about but it really has a lot of things to discover.The cons of this site are that quite a few of the links on the site actually have to do with things to do at the actual museum. Those of course can't be done but may inspire kids to want to take advantage of a time when they can visit a museum. The children's site also has really easy links back to the regular museum site and so then becomes a little much for the kids. This also means that art that is not for children is easily accessible and that includes some are that may be hard to explain (I stumbled across a naked fat man...hmmm...not wanting my fourth graders to go there).
The pros of this site, and any museum site, the opportunity given to use primary sources to teach. To actually see the picture of a pyramid, or a mummy, depictions of Greek gods, etc...that makes learning come alive. In our social studies class we are really working on using primary source documents or artifacts to teach and the supply of pictures of those things on a museum website are such a great resource.
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