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 > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).