John
I recently published a curriculum for the Kansas schools called The Prairie Through New Eyes - an integrated arts curriculum for Pre-K-8 focused on the tall grass prairie.  We have distributed free copies to each school district in the state and are taking orders for paid copies
from many of the districts - so we must have done something right!
We worked with a school to develop the curriculum - teachers served as advisors, testers, and editors.  I think this is one important factor to its success.
It is tied to the state standards - each unit has the ties printed on the front.  But, when we developed the units we did not let the standards rule us.  In fact, what I did was take the units when they written and looked for the ties.  I think what we do in museums is often more
closely tied then we realize.  The key was to bring the ties to the forefront!
I would be happy to answer other questions
Kathrine Schlageck
Beach Museum of Art
Kansas State University

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