Just for Educators
More than 90,000 school-aged children visit the Witte Museum every year. About 25,000 of those participate in educational programs provided by the Witte. We want to assure that their time here is educational, as well as enjoyable. |
Support for the Witte Museum web site and educational outreach is generously provided by the Dickson Allen Foundation. |
Circus Folk
Grades K-12
Saturday, November 14 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Fee: $20 (facility fee) CPEs:4
Author and American Studies scholar Janet M. David, Ph.D. will provide an overview of the circus in American life. Participants will view the Witte's Hertzberg Circus Collection as they explore the exhibit Circus Folk: Secrets Behind the Big Top. Participants will also complete K-12 classroom activities and receive an activities packet connected to art and history TEKS. Educator's Circus Folk Packet |
There are currently no programs scheduled. Please check back for future additions.
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BasinQuest Water Education Workshop
Grades: 6-8
Saturday, April 3, 9 am-4 pm
Fee: $20 CPEs: 6
(includes 1 hour lunch break)
BasinQuest, San Antonio River Authority’s middle school water education program, is tailored to show students the relationship between science processes and the area in which they live – the San Antonio River Basin. Encouraging students to explore and learn on their own, the lessons are designed around engagement, exploration, elaboration, explanation, and evaluation activities. Participants receive classroom sets that include a teacher’s workshop and 30 student booklets. All lessons support the TEKS.
BasinQuest is presented in conjunction with the San Antonio River Authority. |
2009 Ground Water Institute for Teachers
Grades: 5-12
Friday, November 13 9 am-5 pm at the Witte Museum
Saturday, November 14 8 am-2:15 pm at SAWS Headquarters
The American Ground Water Trust in conjunction with SAWS Education, the Edwards Aquifer Authority and the Witte Museum will again sponsor this FREE unique two-day training program to help educators increase their understanding of ground water science and water resource issues.
- A FREE lunch will be provided both days as well as classroom materials
- SAWS will pay for a substitute teacher on Friday for the first 20 teachers that register by October 30.
To register, please call 233-3631 by Friday, October 30, 2009. You may also e-mail your request to gwukasch@saws.org Registration will be capped at 40. |
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Outreach Gallery Theater
Bring history alive for your students through the Witte Museum’s Outreach Gallery Theater program, now available for school and classroom performances. These 20-25 minute dramatic plays are guaranteed to make history engaging and fun. Performed by professional actors using authentic costumes and props, Outreach Gallery Theater plays are packed with information while providing an entertaining learning experience.
Go to fees
The following plays are available to schedule (click on the title for a description):
Encounter at Panther Cave
Playwright: Bryce Milligan
Setting: Panther Cave Rock Shelter in the Lower Pecos area of Texas
Character: An archaeologist and the Panther Shaman
Time: 20-25 minutes
A present-day archeologist spends the night in Panther Cave, a shelter used by prehistoric Indians of Texas. During the night, the archeologist encounters the spirit of the Panther Shaman, whose image is painted on the rock shelter wall.
As they try to understand each other’s worlds, the Panther Shaman dramatically recreated his first hunting experience. In doing so, he tells the story of a people who lived 4, 000 years ago− “at one with the land.”
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Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier
Playwright: Celeste Bedford Walker
Setting: Fort Concho, Texas in 1877
Character: Corporal Noble Lofton, an African American trooper in the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry, U.S. Army
Time: 20-25 minutes
Marching on stage in uniform, Noble Lofton welcomes the audience to Fort Concho. He gives them a briefing about the Tenth, a regiment of black soldiers stationed on the West Texas plains, whose duties include making the area safe for settlers and helping keep law and order. American Indians named these “colored” troopers, buffalo soldiers, because, as Noble says, “We put ‘em in mind of a buffalo, ‘cause of our hair and ‘cause we tough like buffalo.” Noble reminisces about his family, life under slavery, gaining his freedom, working as a cowboy in East Texas and his experiences as a soldier with the Tenth Cavalry.
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Outreach Gallery Theater Fees
One actor plays:
Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier
*One performance : $80
Two performances: $115
Three performances :$145
*These are per day fees. For more than three performances per day each
additional performance is $25.00 (e.g. 4 performances = $145 + $25=170)
Two actor plays:
Encounter at Panther Cave
*One performance : $115
Two performances: $165
Three performances: $215
*These are per day fees. If there are more than three performances per day each
additional show costs is $50.00 (e.g. 4 performances $215 + $50 = $265)
Mileage reimbursement is included in the honorarium rate for performances inside the San Antonio metropolitan area. For performances outside a 35 mile radius of the San Antonio metropolitan area mileage will be billed at the rate of 41¢ each mile.
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Special Deals for Teachers
FREE Admission
Teachers get in FREE when they bring their students to visit the Witte Museum. For pre-scheduled groups of 15 or more, one adult is admitted free with every 10 students. Additional adults pay the regular student group rate. Click here to learn more about group visits.
Free Tuesdays
Through the generosity of the Frost Bank Charitable Foundation, Bolner’s Fiesta Products, Mrs. Martha Landsman, Mr. and Mrs. John Feik, and Mr. and Mrs. Comer Alden, the Witte Museum is open FREE from 3-8 pm every Tuesday. It’s a great time to preview exhibits before bringing your class on a visit to the museum.
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