EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

School Tours

The Pardee Home Museum encourages tours by local school groups.  Third-grade students of local history, fourth-grade students of California history, and fifth-grade students of United States history will particularly benefit from guided tours of the house. To arrange a tour please click the button below, or call (510) 444-2187. 

School class enjoys a tour at the museum

Student sketch of the Pardee Home

Poppy Gift Shop sells books that kids really love and connect with

Social Studies Curriculum Guide

The curriculum guide below stems from discussions concerning the Pardee family as well as the architecture of the Pardee Home Museum. The curriculum is intended for grades 3-4 and was designed with Social Studies, Language Arts and Visual Arts Educational Standards in mind. All lesson plans can easily be modified and adapted for different grade levels.

This guide was developed and is being presented for educational use by Rue Avant.

Click on any image or link to download a PDF document of the lesson plan or curriculum guide. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

GRADE 3-4 // PARDEE FAMILY AND HOUSE ARCHITECTURE

Understanding of a Pardee family or household staff member and the times in which they lived.

The Pardee Home Museum architecture and its collections.

ARCHITECTURE LESSON PLAN

The curriculum guides below are based on the “anthropological” collections at the Pardee Home Museum. The curriculum is intended for grades 4-6 and was designed with Social Studies, History and Visual Arts Educational Standards in mind. All lesson plans can easily be modified and adapted for different grade levels.

These guides were developed and are being presented for educational use by Johanna Fassbender.

 

GRADE 4 // CALIFORNIA HISTORY

Collecting at the beginning of the 20th Century

Learn about Mrs. Helen Pardee‘s anthropological collections and start your own collection of objects!

COLLECTING MODULE

Native California Basketry

Learn about different Native American groups in California and study the art of basket weaving!

BASKETRY MODULE

GRADE 5 // U.S. HISTORY

Southwest Pueblo Pottery

Learn how to work with clay, and discover the beauty of Pueblo Pottery!

SOUTHWEST POTTERY MODULE

Art from Alaska

Hear fascinating myths from Alaska and make your own Raven mask!

ALASKA MODULE

GRADE 6 // WORLD CULTURES

The Asian Tea Culture

Perform a tea ceremony in your classroom and think about ways to encourage people to drink tea!

TEA CULTURE MODEL

Weapons and Tools from Oceania

Study how people from Oceania navigate the Oceans and make your own boat!

OCEANIA MODULE

Internships

The Pardee Home Museum archives offer research opportunities in a number of areas, including:

 » The history of Oakland, the Bay Area, and California
» Community and family life over a span of more than 100 years (1868-1981)
» History of the early conservation movement, particularly water and forestry issues
» Early history of medicine in California

To arrange time to work in the archives, please call (510) 444-2187. You may also call this number for information on the important archival holdings relating to the Pardees at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley.

Internship opportunities exist for advanced students in history, the fine arts, anthropology, historic preservation, and museum studies.