Educational Overview

Welcome!
Welcome to the Charles H. Wright Education website, an online resource to serve educators, students, and families. This website provides an overview of the Museum's education and public programs, information on how to plan a visit, online teaching and learning materials, virtual tours of traveling exhibitions, online catalogs of the library and historical collections, and a calendar of exhibition schedules and educational programs.

Mission
The Charles H. Wright Museum's Education and Public Programs Department (EPP) mission is to provide great aesthetic, interpretive and intellectual experiences, and learning opportunities that can inspire and serve diverse audiences for a lifetime. These experiences and opportunities include an array of impacting and enriching curricular and community educational programs, curatorial and library services, a contemporary artists program, volunteer opportunities, and online resources.

Please choose from the following links:

- Programs - an overview of educational programs and services
- Standards - an overview of the museum's educational offerings in support of the Michigan Curriculum Framework
- Workshops - an overview of workshops offered by the museum's Department of Education

Explore our Educational sites:

African American History Teaching and Learning Modules

Series 1: Ancient West African History for Grade 5 and above
Journey back in time with the help of Willy Turnip and his friends and family

• Module Videos and Games
• Interactive Timeline- 500 BCE to 1800 CE
• Interactive Map
• Multimedia Glossary
• Teacher's Guide

African American History Teaching and Learning Modules are made possible through support by the Whitney Fund.

Living History

Designed to complement an area of the 'And Still We Rise' Core Exhibition, Documenting The Great Migration.

• Interactive Timeline – 1865- 1950
• Oral History Video Clips
• Downloadable timeline entries

Living History was made possible by funding from the Knight Foundation.

Archive and Research Center

Access library resources, manuscripts and photograph collections that support the study of Africa and the African American Experience.

• Search our Online Catalog
• Browse our Finding Aids that include biographies, scope & contents, names/subjects, etc. and more information about each collection

Collections are non-circulating; in-house use only