New EDU at Old Red!

This just in---apparently the Education department for Old Red has introduced a new education program for this school year! It's called CULTURE SHOCK! and it promises to give students the opportunity to really interact with the culture of Dallas County throughout its history. The music wafts up to the roof from the third floor---and I get to hear snippets of Blind Lemon Jefferson's jazz and Plains Indian grass dance songs. I've seen the students walking back to their buses with colorful banners for the Dallas County holiday they've created. Their excitement makes me wish I could abandon my post for just a few moments to participate too--I've been looking out over Dallas for 115 years, but there are always new things to learn, even for me! CULTURE SHOCK! Station Images

Targeted Grade Levels: 5-8

In this multi-sensory program, students transform into historical anthropologists for an investigation of Dallas County culture, past and present. Students uncover the meaning of culture by learning to identify cultural universals like kinship, artistic expression, economics, and belief systems. In addition to first-hand analysis of historical family photographs, students explore the connection between culture and economics with a hands-on investigation of cultural objects. Learning the importance of artistic expression to culture, students engage with diverse samples of music, many directly related to musicians in our museum exhibits. After exploring several examples of cultural, religious, and patriotic holidays, students create an original holiday honoring their own culture as an important part of today’s Dallas culture. CULTURE SHOCK, the Old Red Museum’s newest lab, connects students with a Dallas County culture that is animated, illuminated, and celebrated.

TEKS: Social Studies- 4.13, 4.20; 5.14, 5.23; 6.15, 6.16, 6.19; 7.19; 8.13, 8.24

Print out the Teachers Guide for Education Programs and History Labs! To Schedule a school program, call (214)757-1949 or email groupsales@oldred.org