Teacher Resource Guides

UMS Teacher Resource Guides help teachers extend the impact of our Youth Performances beyond the walls of the theater into the classroom. By providing educators specific information about the performance, artist, and genre, along with resources and lesson plans, UMS strives to make meaningful connections between the performance and their curriculum. The content and design of the guides are informed by the State of Michigan Education Standards and by our 30-member Teacher Advisory Committee.

07/08 Season guides are added to this site approximately four weeks prior to the performance date. Please check back then. You may wish to use the web links in the Youth Performance listing for additional information on each artist.

All Study Guides are in Adobe Acrobat [PDF] Format - these files can be large and take a considerable amount of time to download.

07/08 Teacher Resource Guides & Lesson Plans

Resource Guide
Shen Wei Dance Arts: Second Visit to the Empress
Pamina Devi: A Cambodia Magic Flute
Sphinx Competition Honors Concert
Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble
Wu Man, pipa and the Chinese Shawm Band
SFJAZZ Collective
Urban Bush Women and Compagnie Jant-Bi

 

Archive of past Teacher Resource Guides

06/07 Season
Ballet Folklórico de México
Julius Caesar
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Sphinx Competition Honors Concert
Dave Holland Big Band
Bay Mo Dilo (Give Me Water)
Trinity Irish Dance Company
Los Folkloristas

05/06 Season
Tall Horse
José Limón Dance Company
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Children of Uganda

04/05 Season
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Paul Taylor Dance Company
DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation
Sphinx Competition
Rennie Harris Puremovement: Facing Mekka
Dan Zanes and Friends
Malouma

03/04 Season
U Theatre: The Sound of Ocean
Doudou N' Diaye Rose and Les Rosettes
Regina Carter and Quartet
Simon Shaheen and Qantara
Children of Uganda (click here to visit the guide from their 2002 visit)
Guthrie Theater: Shakespeare's Othello
Girls Choir of Harlem

02/03 Season
Tamango's Urban Tap
Herbie Hancock Quartet
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Sphinx Competition
Kodo

01/02 Season
Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Part I
Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Part II
Charlie Haden's Quartet West
Children of Uganda
Boys Choir of Harlem
SamulNori
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Lyon Opera Ballet: Cendrillon

For study guides prior to 2001/02 season, please contact the UMS Education Program at umsyouth@umich.edu or 734-615-0122