Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites

Incorporate curriculum highlighting Indiana’s suffrage history into your classroom by gaining insight into the work done by Hoosiers who fought to win a woman’s right to vote. See the curriculum and watch a recording of our workshop to learn how to explore this important milestone with your students and also how to connect this content with the continued fight for voting rights today.

Story Time

Story time is an integral part of learning for young children. There are many great books out there for children and sometimes it can feel overwhelming. As teachers, sometimes we choose books related to a special theme or topic and sometimes we choose books just for fun, but don’t worry! These tips will work for both situations. 

A Day in the Life of Kids: Then and Now
What did Hoosier children do years ago to pass the time? What games did they play? What did their toys look like? Take a peek into the past at different toys and items and compare them to what we see today.

Animal Adaptations
Explore what animals need to survive and how they adapt to their environment from Ice Age to modern day.

Get to Work: Jobs and Inventors of Indiana
Every community is made up of citizens who have a wide variety of jobs. Indiana is home to some amazing entrepreneurs – people who started their own business or created something new. Join us as we check out Hoosiers who had interesting jobs and helped the people of Indiana.

Telling the American Story through Art
Art can tell a story, evoke emotion, and even help us better understand someone’s culture. How do artists convey the Hoosier spirit and tell the American story? Come along with us as we dive into our collection to see how different pieces of art reflect our society and culture.

Pendulum
What can we learn from a pendulum? Come explore earth’s rotation, cardinal signs and force and motion as we investigate this amazing Foucault pendulum.

Early Indiana Settlements
People have lived in Indiana for thousands of years. Explore how Native Americans and settlers adapted. They didn’t just survive but they thrived. What carried on to today that was established from the earliest communities around the state?

MRCI – Community Organization Perspective
Iisha Wesley, Greg Smith and Keith Baker Jr. from Minority Recovery Collective Inc. share their perspective and experience on how the opioid crisis is perceived and handled based on race.

Wendy Noe – Community Organization Perspective
Wendy Noe, executive director of Dove Recovery House for Women, discusses how gender impacts women seeking help during the opioid epidemic.

Susannah Koerber – Historical Perspective
Susannah Koerber, chief curator and research officer at the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, speaks to how race, class and gender impact societal response to the opioid crisis from the 19th century to today.

Lade Akande
Lade Akande is a yoga instructor and director of college counseling at University High School in Indianapolis. To help high school students deal with stress, teachers are integrating wellness into the education setting. Akande shares ways that she teaches yoga and stress management and how these techniques empower students to take care of themselves.

John Lee
John Lee is a peer recovery coach and in long-term recovery. Lee shares how being consistent with self-care keeps his mind, body and spirit healthy.

Zach Adams
Zach Adams is a psychologist who explains that stress is a normal part of life. He shares strategies and advice for when stress becomes overwhelming and the importance of staying connected to others.

Justin and Georgeanna
Justin Wade is the executive director for React, formerly Young Actors Theatre, and Georgeanna Smith-Wade the artistic director. They share how they use personal stories and theater arts to help teens feel self-empowered to face stress and challenges.

Sarah Gopman
Family physician Sarah Gopman works with women and families and has a sub-specialty in addictions medicine. Dr. Gopman explains how understanding the brain’s biological processes and the role of neuroreceptors helps doctors treat individuals with substance use disorder.

Melisa and Rebekah
Rebekah Gorrell, manager of Indiana Recovery Network, and Melisa Cole, evening coordinator for Community Fairbanks Recovery Center, are both individuals in recovery. Understanding brain chemistry is helpful to support people in recovery and they explain how opioids interact with receptors in our brain and share their experiences.

Brain Chemistry
How do opioids affect brain chemistry? Learn what happens with opioid use disorder that makes it so hard for people to stop taking opioids.