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Explore lessons drawing upon themes from current and past major exhibitions. These suggested activities can be used to support distance and classroom learning, or supplement a museum visit.

  • Dorothea Lange
  • Andrew J. Russell
  • Of Dogs and Other People
  • Fertile Ground
  • SuperAwesome
  • Above and Below
  • Vietnam War Era
  • Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
  • Queer California

Above and Below: Stories From Our Changing Bay Curriculum

Field Guide
Reading the Landscape: A Field Guide for In and Around the San Francisco Bay

Elementary Lessons
Teacher Guide
Introduction
Mapping the Bay Understanding the Bay
Shellmounds
Remembering Those Who Have Died
Using Items Learn About Past
Crossing the Bay
Working on the Bay Bridge
The Bay Bridge Troll
The Bay Bridge - Old and New

High School Lessons
Teacher Guide
Introduction
Bay Bridge Interviews
Using Two Sources
Port Chicago Mutiny
Shellmounds
Islands: Alcatraz Occupation

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Curriculum Standards 2019–2020

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