Educator Materials
Hmong at Heart Teacher Resources
Madison Children’s Museum (MCM) has a number of resources available for teachers through our award-winning exhibit, Hmong at Heart. The exhibit was developed for the Association of Children’s Museums Asian Exhibit Intitiative, and was a featured exhibit at MCM in 2004 and 2008.
Hmong at Heart brings to light five thousand years of the remarkable history and durable traditions of the Hmong. Kids can explore several interactive environments including a mountain-top Hmong village in Laos, a Thai refugee camp, and a Hmong American home.
The following resource guides were developed as pre-visit materials to enhance a field trip to the Hmong at Heart exhibit, but may also be used independently in the classroom:
MCM worked with Dr. Hardin Coleman & Dr. Michael Karcher to develop a Developmental Profile for Cultural Learning (97.5KB) that details how children learn about culture at different developmental stages and suggests ways in which museum designers and educators can best respond to these stages in their exhibit designs and programs.
Local Culture Teachers Guide (.5MB)
Local Culture Kids’ Guide (25MB)
Don’t neglect to check out this remarkable website, created by 4th and 5th grade students as part of the exhibit development process. http://csumc.wisc.edu/cmct/HmongTour/
