Liberian Storytelling

by | Oct 10, 2025

This folk arts integrated unit partners with a folk artist, Gbahtuo Combaye, who was born and raised in Liberia. He is in residence for 10 sessions to tell stories with each of our sixth grade English Language Arts (ELA) classes. The Sections of the Curriculum 1. Unit...

Museum Activities and Resource Guide

by | Sep 24, 2025

Museums offer multiple paths for learning. From decoding the museum itself to the artifacts in the exhibitions, this Local Learning Resource Guide provides educators practical tools and useful frameworks for engaging learning in museum spaces. Download a copy of the...

Yoga Curriculum

by | Sep 16, 2025

This unit was inspired by Nisha Arya’s book Yoga Tales: Asanas & Animal Fables from India (available at Amazon ). Nisha selected a collection of traditional Panchatantra animal fables and connected them to animal yoga poses. The fables are accompanied by fun...

FACTS School-Wide Folk Arts Residency Spiral Curriculum

by | Sep 16, 2025

Welcome to the Folk Arts – Cultural Treasures School (FACTS) and the Philadelphia Folklore Project’s (PFP) teachers’ guide for a school-wide folk arts residency. Here we share our experiences about an approach to education that we believe matters, our thinking about a...

Museum Resources in the Journal of Folklore and Education

by | May 14, 2025

Over the years, the Journal of Folklore and Education has published resources useful for museum educators, from our special issue dedicated to museum education in 2016 to ongoing articles ranging from teaching with primary sources to community-based museum outreach....