Join Marjorie Hunt, education specialist and curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, to explore the Center’s award-winning “Masters of Tradition: A Cultural Journey Across America” story map. This free multimedia platform features the stories of extraordinary artists from across the country who have been awarded the NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor for excellence in the folk and traditional arts. With its abundant photographs, audio, video, short text, and first-person quotes, students can discover and explore the great diversity of cultures, communities, and artistic traditions that enrich the United States — and be inspired to learn more about their own cultural heritage and the traditions of others.

The session will focus on grade 5-12 classroom applications for a variety of key themes, including immigration and migration, local history, identity, heritage, and community. Participants will leave with replicable techniques and free online resources to help foster a shared sense of belonging, build cultural bridges, and bring people together.

This interactive webinar is part of “Cultivating Learning,” a professional development webinar series focusing on techniques to use digital museum resources for learning. Check out “Cultivating Learning” and other Smithsonian Learning Lab webinars in our Help Center.