This book provides an essential resource for educators and museum professionals who wish todevelop education focused eMuseums that feature motivational standards-based curriculum fordiverse learners. The book is divided into three sections:Section 1. Planning, Developing, and Evaluating eMuseums guides the reader through thestages of planning, creating, and evaluating a user-centered eMuseum. This section providesan overview of the process of planning, creating, and evaluating an eMuseum, giving small andmedium sized museums the framework and guidance needed to create an eMuseum.Section 2. Museum and Public School Partnerships: A Step-by-Step Guide for CreatingStandards-Based Curriculum Materials in High School Social Studies is the second section.This section includes how to: a) form a partnership, b) create standards-based curriculummaterials, and c) provides curriculum material evaluation strategies.Section 3. Developing Accessible Museum Curriculum: A Handbook for MuseumProfessionals and Educators. Educators in both museums and schools are faced with the task of delivering content to patrons withincreasingly diverse interests, skills, and learning needs. This section outlines specific strategies that can be applied to curriculum toexpand its application to broader audiences. This section includes: (a) content presentation, (b) content process, and (c) contentproduct.Throughout the book, materials created from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum(NLBM) and Kansas State University (KSU) partnership are included as product examples.
