What's the Story?

The Booth Western Art Museum offers an array of educational field trips for groups of all ages. Most recently, the education department, along with five contracted teachers, developed and implemented What's the Story? Connecting Art and Literacy. This program uses the artwork in the Museum's collection to help students in Kindergarten through 4th grade enhance their literacy skills.

The idea behind What's the Story was initiated based on statistics that an alarming number of Georgia students lack the basic literacy skills they need to succeed in life. The Workforce Investment Act defines literacy as "an individual's ability to read, write, and speak English, compute, and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family, and in society." The Booth Museum believes there is a natural correlation between language arts, literacy skills, and the Museum's collection of narrative works. Thus, formulation of What's the Story was developed with those beliefs in mind. Five classroom teachers were contracted to assist in writing the program and represented Cobb, Bartow and Cartersville City schools. These teachers, along with the Booth Museum's education department, met three times per month from April to July to create programs matched to the Georgia Performance Standards for each grade level.

If you are looking for a fun way to connect art and literacy, call today to book What's the Story? Connecting Art & Literacy at 770-387-3849.