{"id":204,"date":"2013-01-30T19:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2013-03-19T20:07:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T20:07:12","slug":"for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/?page_id=204","title":{"rendered":"For Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Teacher Resources for Cultural Engines.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Box<\/a>Attached to this page are ideas for activities involving the Arts: music, visual art, and writing and publishing.\u00a0 The activities relate to cultural organizations in the Windsor-Essex Region of Southwestern Ontario, but can be adapted for other communities with access to a community orchestra, public art gallery, and of course, a library.\u00a0 These activities were tested with over 90 children in November, 2012 at the Central Branch of the Windsor Public Library.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the activities ran concurrently on a rotating basis by dividing the students into smaller groups.<\/p>\n

The lesson plans might refer to videos attached to this website, but if teachers have trouble accessing the Windsor Public Library\u2019s YouTube channel at your school, you are welcome to download, convert and save the videos, but it is not necessary.\"Orchestra<\/a><\/p>\n

The activities are intended to adapt to the Ontario Grades 6 \u2013 8 Language<\/i> and The Arts<\/i> guidelines, but can be adapted for students of varying abilities, including Secondary and Adult Literacy.\u00a0 This website can also be used to teach vocabulary (see our Kids\u2019 Only activities) and comprehension to English Language Learners.\u00a0 \u00a0Resource, School Librarians can also use the activities in libraries and Learning Commons to teach research skills.\u00a0 Public Service Librarians have also adapted some of the writing prompts and ideas for their Library Live, Teen Zone, and March Break programs.<\/p>\n

\"Library<\/a>Please click on the PDF links to access the activities.\u00a0 We hope you and your students enjoy learning about the rich cultural heritage of Windsor-Essex, Ontario!<\/p>\n

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Cultural Engines Art Lesson Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

Cultural Engines Guidebook Writing Activity Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cultural Engines Orchestra Lesson Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

Cultural Engines Kids Culture Day Lesson Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Teacher Resources for Cultural Engines. Attached to this page are ideas for activities involving the Arts: music, visual art, and writing and publishing.\u00a0 The activities relate to cultural organizations in the Windsor-Essex Region of Southwestern Ontario, but can be adapted for other communities with access to a community orchestra, public art gallery, and of course, a library.\u00a0 Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1703,"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204\/revisions\/1703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/engine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}