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Hit a Home Run with Community-Based Learning this Summer through Local Baseball!

Be a part of a great American pastime this summer and head to the ballfield! Families can explore everything from art and design to American history by using baseball as a lens through which to explore local museums, online resources, and fantastic children’s literature.

Category: Hilltown Families Tags: baseball, integrated learning, Integrated Studies, Norman Rockwell, Sports History

Art and The Civil Rights Movement

Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With,” painted in 1963, is considered an iconic image of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Asking yourself questions, visit the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, and look at his paintings closely to discover his perspective as illustrated in his iconic images of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

Category: art history, Hilltown Families, Supplement Tags: Civil Rights Movement, Learning Ahead 21, Learning Ahead Seasons Jan Feb, Norman Rockwell, Sense of Place

Art, History, and Baseball: Learning from a Great American Pastime

Category: Hilltown Families, Sports Tags: baseball, integrated learning, Integrated Studies, Norman Rockwell, Sports History

Wendell Minor’s America: Premier Historical Picture Book Illustrator on Exhibit at Norman Rockwell Museum

Take a journey through history, from sea to shining sea, through the art of Wendell Minor, our nation’s premier historical picture book illustrator at the exhibit, “Wendell Minor’s America,” at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. Opens this Saturday, Nov 9th…

Category: Art, Berkshire County, Hilltown Families, History, Museum, Suggested Activity, Western MA Events, Western Massachusetts Events Tags: History, Illustrator, Norman Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum, Picture Books, Wendell Minor

A Family Guide to Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People A Family Guide The month of February is artist Norman Rockwell’s birthday month! His birthday was on the 3rd, and to celebrate, the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA continues to offer resources for families to learn about his art. In addition to the works available in the museum’s galleries, families can take an even greater in-depth look at Rockwell’s art using information available on… Read More