Discover how a local DC site played a pivotal role in the making of the United Nations. Students will explore the historic property through the lens of the “Dumbarton Oaks […]
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Music Through the Ages: Sounds of the Americas in Practice
Explore the history of music/sound in ancient Mesoamerica & the Andes through instruments in the Pre-Columbian collection, listening to recordings & imagining how they were used in ritual, celebration, & […]
Mural Painting at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Discover the wonders of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens through a collaborative mural painting workshop! This field trip invites students in grades 4-8, and their guardians, to explore the gardens by transforming […]
Bright Before Us Like a Flame
Bring the poetry of Langston Hughes to your school for Black History Month! Bright Before Us Like a Flame is a 45-minute theatrical performance celebrating Black history and Black excellence. […]
DC Poets for DC Schools
Bring past finalists and winners of the DC Poet Project to perform and teach in your classroom this spring. The DC Poets for DC Schools program provides a poet/educator to […]
Cemetery Grave Hunter: Discover DC History
This 90-minute program asks students to explore U.S. and Washington history through the lives of those buried at Historic Congressional Cemetery. Guided by an educator, students will locate gravesites, working […]
Music Through the Ages
Music Through the Ages is an interactive concert which gives children a front row seat to the development of tonal music, helping them appreciate music from every culture and era. […]
Black Boy
Black Boy is both the unashamed confession of a proud non-conformist, and a profound indictment—a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. Wright describes his youth in […]
Swaliga’s Earth Day Spring Derby Celebration
Swaliga’s Earth Day Spring Derby Celebration focuses on “Renewable Energy.” The Swaliga Foundation invites schools and our STEAM clubs that have built electric cars to race in a preliminary derby […]