Programs
Educators' Guides
Welcome Teachers! The content and activities included here can be used to prepare students for their trip to the museum, or simply to supplement classroom learning. Please visit often. New content is added every month!
Educators' Guides
Africa
Educator's GuideIn this Africa pdf you will find curricular materials and activities about African geography, masks, religion, demography and anthropology.
Ancient Egypt
Educator's GuideIn this ancient Egypt pdf you will find a variety of curricular materials that you can use either in conjunction with a visit to the Penn Museum, or simply to support and compliment classroom study of ancient Egypt. Included here is reading content on pharaohs, mummies, pyramids, and hieroglyphs, in addition to quizzes with answer keys, and activities that focus on ancient Egyptian vocabulary. The materials span the subject areas of social studies, language arts, and math.
China
Educator's GuideIn this China pdf you will find curricular materials about the history of domes and the science and math used in the construction of domes, like Penn’s Chinese Rotunda. There is also content on the production of silk.
Math
Educator's Guide
Attention Math Teachers! New Content! In this pdf are six activities entitled Ancient History Math Mystery, Ancient Numeration, Maya Ballcourt Math, Africa by Numbers, Ancient Egyptian Math, and Math of Domes. These activities cover various ancient number systems, including Roman and Shang oracle bone numerals, cuneiform, and Maya. Other activities cover, circumference, radius, area and perimeter; converting percents, decimals and fractions, and problem solving.
Mesoamerica
Educator's GuideNew Content! In this pdf you will find content and activities about the Mesoamerican ballgame and the Maya numeral system.
