Educator Resources
Welcome to the ultimate resource for educators looking to access materials from Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums worldwide. From lesson plans to virtual tours, IDbGLAM has links to everything you need to enhance your curriculum and engage your students in a dynamic learning experience.
Galleries
NGA – Teachers
Plan a field trip or bring art into your classroom. Find lesson ideas, teaching resources, or professional development opportunities for yourself.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Teachers & Students | National Portrait Gallery
Be inspired to use portraiture in your classroom. No matter what subject you teach—social studies, English, or visual arts—you will learn and practice techniques to involve your students in creative and innovative ways.
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Libraries
Education Resources from the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers use primary sources from the Library’s vast digital collections.
Library of Congress
Center for Educators & Schools | The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools (CES) is devoted to making all of the Library’s resources accessible and useful for educators. You’ll find programs and services tailored for the educator community, such as book lists, credit-bearing workshops, special access to exhibitions, tips on teaching with primary source materials from our vast research collections, and much more.
New York Public Library
Archives
National Archives
Resources for Teachers | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Explore resources for educators created during our Teaching with Primary Sources workshops.
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Home – TeachArchives.org
Welcome to a new, innovative way to teach in the archives! Based on an award-winning project at Brooklyn Historical Society, TeachArchives.org shares our teaching philosophy and findings with a global audience of instructors, administrators, librarians, archivists, and museum educators. Use this site to teach students ranging from middle school to graduate school.
TeachArchives.org
Museums
For Educators | Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian offers many resources to support educators, caregivers, and students in the classroom, at home, and at our museums, research centers, and zoo.
Smithsonian Institution
Educators
Foster your students’ learning and your own in workshops and events and with online, print, and other resources.