We were so fortunate get a visit from
Karpeles Museum educator, Gloria Elliot with a presentation on Linking Writing to Art. She brought
copies of original drawings from the Disney movie, Peter Pan on loan to the Karpeles Manuscript Museum. She gave writing strategies that included the
use of a Thesaurus to enhance our student’s writing. Third grade students were
able to make strong connections to the speaker as they were currently reading
the story of Peter Pan in their Language
Arts class.
The Jacksonville Karpeles Manuscript
Library Museum’s primary mission is the preservation and educational
presentation of the writings of great authors, scientists, composers,
philosophers, statesmen, sovereigns, and leaders, from all periods in world
history. The Museum strives to promote education and literacy within
Jacksonville, with an emphasis on the under-served neighborhoods and
constituents. The Jacksonville Karpeles is one of nine Karpeles Museums around
the country and Museum founders, David and Marsha Karpeles, are committed to
providing each of these communities free access to original manuscript
exhibits.
To learn more about the Karpeles Museum, visit:
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/jaxfrm.html
