The Durham Museum Teachers’ Night
Omaha, Nebraska
Friday, October 10, 2008, 5 to 8 pm

The Durham Museum warmly welcomes educators of all subjects and grades to Teachers' Night. This festive, after-hours open house gives teachers a chance to hear what’s new at The Durham Museum and other regional institutions. Highlighting this year's event will be demonstrations by educators from the Smithsonian Institution. Participants will enjoy a cocktail reception and take home free classroom-ready materials and information about field trips and programs available to students.

Registration
The Durham Museum Teachers’ Night is now over.

Presentations
Smithsonian presentations for this event complement the western expansion section of the Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives exhibit that will be on view in the museum.

Postal Resources for Your Classroom
See how easy and fun it is to build your own stamp collection for classroom use in this hands-on demonstration from the National Postal Museum. You’ll try out locating stamps about westward expansion and other themes and receive a resource list for creating your classroom collection.
Jeff Meade – School & Tours Coordinator, National Postal Museum

Westward Expansion and Native Peoples
Look at how images and objects from the National Museum of the American Indian help to tell the stories of the impact of westward expansion on Native peoples of the Great Plains.
Genevieve Simermeyer – School Programs Manager, National Museum of the American Indian

Smithsonian American Art Museum Electronic Field Trip: Artful Connections
Learn about free videoconference field trips for K-12 students on topics such as visual literacy, art and literature, and history. This demonstration of the museum’s Artful Connections program will sample content from the “Lure of the West” field trip.
Sally Otis – Education Specialist, Smithsonian American Art Museum

In addition, teachers will have the opportunity to collect a broad selection of innovative, classroom-ready Smithsonian resources and learn about the many other ways they can bring the Smithsonian into their classrooms.

The Durham Museum Teachers’ Night is sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska. Additional support provided by First Nebraska Educators Credit Union.