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Woodmere, in collaboration with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, created a classroom-ready Teacher Resource Guide designed to support K–12 educators nationwide. The guide accompanies the major exhibition Soul, Sound, and Voice: The Art of Jerry Pinkney, which was on view at Woodmere through February 15, 2026, and is traveling nationally to various locations, with the Carle as the next stop.
Created by experienced educators, the resource includes six lesson plans that integrate art, music, social studies, and language arts through the work of acclaimed illustrator Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021). Designed for K-12 students, the lessons spark close looking, critical thinking, and historical insight while helping students connect Pinkney’s artwork with their own lives. His illustrations open conversations about both historical events and the personal and cultural stories behind them. Each lesson includes hyperlinks, digital image cards of selected illustrations, and other resources to support student engagement and learning.
Developed in Pinkney’s hometown, this initiative reflects his lifelong commitment to young readers and educators, offering teachers a powerful, interdisciplinary tool for teaching history, empathy, and creativity, as well as the human experiences that connect us all. A FREE downloadable PDF is available online on Woodmere’s website. Hardcopies are available for purchase on Amazon.
Soul, Sound, and Voice features approximately 100 original works and highlights how art, music, and voice flow through the artist’s understanding of American history and storytelling. It includes his books about historical events as well as his reimagining of popular stories and folktales, showing how both historical figures and fictional characters discover and draw strength from their own unique voices. Organized with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the exhibition will travel nationally following its Philadelphia presentation. The exhibition will open at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, on June 20, 2026. The exhibition will also travel to The Frick Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
Free educator resources | Curriculum-aligned content | Interviews with museum educators available.
Soul, Sound, and Voice: The Art of Jerry Pinkney is made possible by generous support from Debbie Brodsky on behalf of the Julian A. and Lois G. Brodsky Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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