Calling all Professors, Lecturers, and College Instructors!
A blog post by Museum Educator Marisa Shultz! To read more posts from Marisa, click here.
As our essential efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 are grinding traditional in-classroom learning to a halt, many colleges, school districts, and other educational institutions are determining the best way forward for their teachers and students alike. At the JMM, we’ve been brainstorming, designing, and producing new ways for you, our JMM family, to still access and enjoy the stories that we preserve and tell. Today, I am happy to provide a teaser for an upcoming resource from the JMM!
As many colleges are moving to the realm of online and distance learning, the JMM education team has decided to take the plunge as well. We are currently designing several online programs geared toward college classes on the history of immigration to Baltimore through Locust Point, the history of the Lloyd Street Synagogue, and on Jewish customs and beliefs. During these presentations, professors will be able to beam a member of our staff into their online class sessions through a digital software such as Zoom. The presentations will include photographic and documentary primary sources and will be based on our Voices of Lombard Street and The Synagogue Speaks exhibits.
We are really excited about the prospect of seeing (virtually, of course) some familiar faces and working with some new folks in the near future! If you’re a professor, lecturer, instructor, or even a college student, who is interested in this endeavor, please contact Paige Woodhouse, our School Program Coordinator (pwoodhouse@jewishmuseummd.org) to learn more or sign up! In the meantime, be on the lookout for our new weekly JMM Insights series. In this weekly newsletter, we’re announcing all kinds of new opportunities and resources!