Site Name: Campfire Stories with George Catlan: An Encounter of Two Cultures

Site Address: http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/catlinclassroom/

Site Score: 21/24

Criteria

Score

Influence on
-Curiosity
-Initiative
-Desire

Resource has no
beneficial
influence on any
of the three
measures of
experience

Resource has
beneficial
influence on at
least one of the
measures of
experience

Resource has a
beneficial influence on
all three of the
measures of
experience

Cognitive
Development
-Cognition
-New
Knowledge

Resource weakly
improves cognition
and/or introduces
no new knowledge

Resource
improves learner
cognition on
subject without
introducing new
knowledge

Resource improves
learner cognition on
the subject and
introduces new
knowledge

Level of
Material
-Grade
Appropriate for
Target

Resource is not
grade appropriate
for the target
audience, and
could not be used
for IEFA lesson
using standards
for the grade level

Resource has no
specific indicators
of a target
audience, and
could work for a
general audience
given the right
circumstances

Resource is well
suited for its target
audience and their
level of experience
and could easily be
incorporated for an
IEFA lesson for the
standards given the
target audience

Progressive
Education Tool
-Student
Freedom
-Tailored to
Individual
-Variety of
Teaching
Methods

Resource offers
limited student
freedom to
explore, the
material is nonadaptive to
student needs and
input, and uses
only one teaching
technique

Students have
freedom to
explore content at
their own pace;
however, the
content is nonadaptive and uses
only one teaching
technique

Students have
freedom to explore at
their own pace, using
technology that
adapts to their needs
and input, and the
technology may utilize
multiple teaching
techniques

Multicultural:
Realistic
Representation

Resource fails to
provide any
realistic or non-

Resource
attempts to
present a genuine

Resource covers a
realistic
representation of an

stereotypical
representation of
American Indian
topics

representation of
an American
Indian topic;
however the
depiction is
incomplete or
oversimplified

American Indian topic

in depth, providing an
accurate depiction of
another culture and
their perspectives

Multicultural:
Relevance

Resource fails to
provide any
relevant examples
to a culture or the
subject area

Resource
provides relevant
examples for
either the culture
or the subject
area, but not both

Resource provides
relevant examples for
both the culture and
the subject area

Resource
Viability

Resource cannot
support a
complete lesson
plan on its own,
and would require
additional
objectives and
activities

Resource can
support an entire
lesson plan by
itself without any
additional
activities

Resource could
support multiple
lesson plans or a unit
plan

Technology

Resource is one
page of written
words with no
interaction

Resource has
links that take the
user to additional
passive reading
pages

Resource provides
interactive technology,
allowing for active
student participation

Additional Comments: This site is probably best for older students. The site focuses on the art,
life, and experiences of George Catlin. The site provides interviews with art historians and other
artists as well as recordings from diary excerpts. Users are able to view Catlins work, listen to
critiques, and learn more about pervasive stereotypes regarding Native Americans and their
history.