Learn More:
Painted Stories: Exploring Storytelling through the Charles Washakie Hide Painting
Program aligned with Early Childhood Development, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Fine Arts standards
Stories have infused our lives and our communities throughout history. They can be expressed through oral, written, and visual forms. Using culturally different forms of expression allows children to broaden their understanding of their own worldview and those around them. In this program, children use the Charles Washaki Hide Painting to explore concepts of storytelling and art while learning about the purposes and creation of American Indian hide paintings.
- Lesson Packet
- Reproduction of Charles Washaki’s Hide Painting
- Hide Painting Coloring Sheet
- About the Object information sheet
Roaring Dinos! Exploring the World of Dinosaurs
Program aligned with Science, Language Arts, and Fine Arts standards
Dinosaurs capture our imagination and our amazement. In this program, students will use fossils to explore the dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago in Wyoming. Dinosaur environments, diets, and size will encourage understanding about these ancient beasts. Students will use photographs to identify certain types of dinosaurs, both extinct and alive today. They will also use clay impressions to explore the process of fossilization.
- Lesson Packet
- Dinosaur Fossils
- Fossil Fact Sheet
- Air-dry clay
Shape Up! Exploring Shapes through Historic Quilt Patterns
Program aligned with Mathematics and Fine Arts standards
Shape Up quilt puzzleShapes can be found all around us, and the ability to recognize and understand shapes is a foundational mathematic skill. Using quilt squares, students will identify different shapes and how they can be combined to create new and unique shapes and designs. Students will be able to work with shapes while putting together quilt design puzzles.
- Lesson Packet
- 3 Quilt Squares
- Quilting A Memory information sheet
- Quilt Pattern Puzzles for each student
Pack Your Wagon: Exploring Tough Decisions Made on the Pioneer Trails
Program aligned with Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics standards
The men, women, and children who traveled west in wagon trains and handcart troops had to make difficult decisions about what to take. In this activity, students will work in groups to think critically about the scope and needs of these pioneers. Students will evaluate the necessary items for traveling a historic emigrant trail and experiment with representative items to "pack their wagon."
- Lesson Packet
- On the Trail Activity
- Representative wagon bed and packing items
Wyoming's Dino-mite Past! Discovering Wyoming Dinosaurs
Program aligned with Science, Language Arts, and Fine Arts standards
Wyoming's ancient history includes some of the most recognizable paleontological creatures. In this program, Students will use fossils to explore the dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago in Wyoming. Dinosaur environments, diets, and size will encourage understanding about these ancient beasts. Students will use photographic models to identify certain types of dinosaurs, both extinct and alive today. They will also use clay impressions to explore the process of fossilization.
- Lesson Packet
- Dinosaur fossils
- Fossil Fact Sheet
- Air-dry clay
Powwow Party! Exploring Native American Indian Traditions through the High Plains Powwow
Program aligned with Social Studies, Language Arts, and Fine Arts standards
Powwows are an important and integral part of modern Native American Indian culture. They preserve and share traditional native art and customs. By comparing powwows to other large gatherings, students will identify the similarities and differences between this native event and others. Students will explore the role of custom and tradition in these events and be able to identify three parts of a powwow.
- Lesson Packet
- What's in a Powwow Sheet
- Activity supplies
Painted Stories: Exploring Storytelling through the Charles Washakie Hide Painting
Program aligned with Early Childhood Development, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Fine Arts standards
Stories have infused our lives and our communities throughout history. They can be expressed through oral, written, and visual forms. Using culturally different forms of expression allows children to broaden their understanding of their own worldview and those around them. In this program, students use the Charles Washaki Hide Painting to explore concepts of storytelling and art while learning about the purposes and creation of American Indian hide paintings.
- Lesson Packet
- Reproduction of Charles Washaki’s Hide Painting
- Hide Painting Coloring Sheet
- About the Object information sheet
*This program is only available to be delivered by museum staff.
Shape Up: Exploring Shapes through Historic Quilt Patterns
Program aligned with Mathematics and Fine Arts standards
Shapes can be found all around us, and the ability to recognize and understand shapes is a foundational mathematic skill. Using quilt squares, students will identify different shapes and how they can be combined to create new and unique shapes and designs. Students will be able to work with shapes while putting together quilt design puzzles.
- Lesson Packet
- 3 Quilt Squares
- Quilting A Memory information sheet
- Quilt Pattern Puzzles for each student
Painting the News: Exploring the Five W’s with the Charles Washakie Hide Painting
Program aligned with Social Studies and Language Arts standards
Trying on a headdress.Today, we are mainly presented information through the written word, but this is a relatively new form of communication. Although much of history has been presented through pictorial means, the accounts are still as detailed and vibrant as their written counterparts. In this program, students will use the Five W’s to analyze the Charles Washakie Hide Painting to write a newspaper-like article about the Sun Dance scene depicted and/or create their own hide painting based on an event or experience from their own lives.
- Lesson Packet
- Reproduction of Charles Washaki’s Hide Painting
- Five W’s Warm-up worksheet
- Hide Painting Coloring Sheet
- About the Object information sheet
*This program is only available to be delivered by museum staff.
Detecting the Details: Exploring Hypotheses through Mysterious Museum Objects
Program aligned with Language Arts, Science, and Fine Arts standards
The scientific process of developing questions based on observations, testing data, and developing informed conclusions is used daily in our problem-solving activities. In this program, students will practice developing their observation and deduction skills by using their imaginations to become History Detectives for Carbon County Museum. By learning about the role of the museum curator, they will be able to hypothesize possible uses of a mystery object. As History Detectives, they will sketch, label, and practice taking detailed notes.
- Lesson Packet
- Mysterious Museum Object
- Detecting the Details Worksheet
- About the Object information sheet
*This program is only available to be delivered by museum staff.
Powwow Party! Exploring Native American Indian Traditions through the High Plains Powwow
Program aligned with Social Studies, Language Arts, and Fine Arts standards
Powwows are an important and integral part of modern Native American Indian culture. They preserve and share traditional native art and customs. By comparing powwows to other large gatherings, students will identify the similarities and differences between this native event and others. Students will explore the role of custom and tradition in these events and be able to identify three parts of a powwow.
- Lesson Packet
- What's in a Powwow Sheet
- Activity supplies
Painting the News: Exploring the Five W’s with the Charles Washakie Hide Painting
Program aligned with Social Studies and Language Arts standards
Today, we are mainly presented information through the written word, but this is a relatively new form of communication. Although much of history has been presented through pictorial means, the accounts are still as detailed and vibrant as their written counterparts. In this program, students will use the Five W’s to analyze the Charles Washakie Hide Painting to write a newspaper-like article about the Sun Dance scene depicted and/or create their own hide painting based on an event or experience from their own lives.
- Lesson Packet
- Reproduction of Charles Washaki’s Hide Painting
- Five W’s Warm-up worksheet
- Hide Painting Coloring Sheet
- About the Object information sheet
*This program is only available to be delivered by museum staff.
Quilting A Memory: Exploring Quilts as Methods of Documenting Memory
Program aligned with Language Arts, Social Studies, and Fine Arts standards 
East Family Memory Quilt sample, detailOur personal histories are filled with important people, events, and stories, and we use many different methods to remember them: scrapbooks, photo albums, written journal entries, etc. In the past, quilts have served as one of the most unique methods to keep personal and community stories and memories alive. In this program, students will investigate the world of quilt-making, their many uses, and how they serve as a distinctive form of memory-keeping. After exploring the types of quilts and how they serve as a physical reminder of stories and events, students will create their own memory quilt based on the East Family’s Memory Quilt at Carbon County Museum.
- Lesson Packet
- 4 Quilt Squares
- About the Object information sheet
- Quilting A Memory information sheet
- Quilting Booth at the Fair photograph
- Story Quilt photograph
Drawing History: Exploring Primary Sources through the Charles Washakie Hide Painting
Program aligned with Social Studies and Language Arts standards
Primary sources are the raw materials of history. Through written documents, maps, photos, and even artwork, these sources allow the people of the past to tell their own story. In this program, students will use the Charles Washaki Hide Painting to explore the role of primary sources in research and experience through the context of American Indian hide paintings and the Sun Dance.
- Lesson Packet
- Reproduction of Charles Washaki’s Hide Painting
- Using Primary & Secondary Sources information sheet
- About the Object information sheet
*This program is only available to be delivered by museum staff.
Published Persuasion: Analyzing the Use of WWI Posters in Shaping Public Opinion
Program aligns with Social Studies, Language Arts, and Fine Arts standards
Wake Up America, James Montgomery Flagg, 1917Public opinion is shaped and swayed through innumerable marketing strategies, and these practices have been used throughout history for many purposes. In this program, students will use 16 posters created between 1917-1919 to understand how the U.S. government shaped public opinion in relation to World War I. They will analyze several posters to determine the target audience, message, and symbolism used. After gaining an understanding of these posters, students will design their own poster to sway public opinion.
- Lesson Packet
- 16 WWI Posters (inventory list included)
- Large sheet construction paper for student-designed posters
- Poster Analysis worksheet
- About the Object information sheet
