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Since the beginning of 2005, the staff has gone
into Bartlesville elementary schools to introduce the rich history of the
Phillips era. The Friends of Frank Phillips Home have enhanced this experience
by providing funding to bring students to the home for first hand exposure and
hands on experiences. Most of these students are visiting the home for the first
time and are thrilled and awed by their experience.
“A large part of our
mission is dedicated to supporting the area schools as they teach local,
Oklahoma, and United States history. This includes elementary through university
levels,” said Goss.
Since January 2005, nearly 4,000 students from
Oklahoma and Kansas have received guided tours that were presented on the
students’ particular grade levels. Goss has established an
intern program for college students interested in a museum career. The program
became operational in the Fall 2006. |
During the 2005-2006 school year, the Frank Phillips Home hosted a workshop
presented by Goss and the educational staff from Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum to
Bartlesville’s elementary art teachers. The teachers took ideas back to the
classroom that blended the teaching of various art forms with local and state
history.
Future educational workshops are being planned in which
participants will literally “go into the field,” visiting important places in
northeastern Oklahoma that relate to the Phillips family and the oil and cattle
businesses, and Oklahoma’s rich Indian culture. |
