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Teacher Programs & Services
The Autry’s school programs inspire critical thinking through inquiry-based tours that encourage analysis, reflection and dialogue, but we offer more than just tours. Our museums provide unique, interactive environments that draw upon a variety of intelligences and learning styles. We are committed to helping you meet your professional and personal goals through prepared lesson plans linked to curriculum standards, free bus transportation, and much more. Read on to discover the possibilities.
The Autry National Center offers complimentary admission to California K-12 classroom teachers who have booked upcoming tours to the Museum of the American West. The Teacher Passport also gives you 10% off books purchased in the Museum Store for classroom use.
Looking for ideas to use in the classroom? Well, you’ve come to the right place. We have several lesson plans available online that you can download and use in the classroom. All lesson plans are written to meet the California Content Standards for History-Social Science and explore a broad range of topics centered on the convergence of cultures in the American West. Click here to view the list of lesson plans available for your use.
Explore a new tool available to you and your students. Collections Online has more than 17,000 records—including more than 14,000 images—from the Museum of the American West’s artifact collections, and more than 40,000 records from our library databases. Images from the Southwest Museum of the American Indian are being added daily.
Explore the Learn More section to learn about some of the themes explored in our galleries. And don’t forget to click on the object name to see the full records, where you will find subject links to other records within the database.
You can customize the Collection Online by going to Log On My Favorites. Here you can save your images and gain access to them whenever you want. No need to research the database every time you log on.
New records and images are added every month, so check back for more! Go to autrynationalcenter.org/collections.
Are you a teacher planning a field trip, a parent bringing your family, or a visitor who just wants to know how much a bison weighs? Then these trip sheets are just for you.
Download and print out these sheets and bring them with you to the Museum of the American West. They highlight an object in each gallery and include fun facts and questions. On the back of each sheet there is an activity for you, your students, or your family to complete.
Click here to be connected to the California Content Standards and Frameworks.
Open one of our Outreach Kits and come face-to-face with history. Each kit profiles a community through the eyes of an actual person. Their stories, traditions, challenges, and opportunities come to life through carefully chosen resource materials and lesson plans, encouraging students to investigate their own family and community histories.
Ellen Cook
African Americans in the West
Explore the opportunities and discrimination faced by African Americans through lessons about migration, education, oral history, and quilting. Click here  to view a sample lesson plan.
Tom Shee Bin
Chinese Americans in the West
Learn about the roles that immigration laws, family, and cultural traditions have played in the story of Chinese people.
Matthew Wheelwright
Overland Migration
Imagine the struggles and excitement of being a pioneer on the Mormon Trail!
Isabel Esparza Huizar
Ranching and Cowboys
The colorful story of this Tejano family features a hero of the Alamo, vaqueros, and ranching. Click here to view a sample lesson plan.
The Siva Family
Cahuilla Indians
Investigate the rituals, language, and art of the Cahuilla.
Dame Shirley
The Gold Rush
Experience the Gold Rush through a series of personal letters written by Dame Shirley in 1850. Click here to view a sample lesson plan.
Kelly Roth
Immigration and Community
Lessons about immigration, citizenship, and Jewish traditions are drawn from the life of an entrepreneur in Los Angeles in the 1890s. Click here to view a sample lesson plan.
Two-week rental is $25. Free for participating All Aboard/Title I teachers. Reserve your kit now by calling 323.667.2000 ext. 260.
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