The
Randolph School
Wappingers CSD
Dutchess County
Grades 1 - 9 |
“Movement
and Myth in the Hudson
Valley”
Vanaver Caravan w/ The Bardavon
Social Studies, English Language
Arts, Environmental Science
Dance, Theatre Arts, playwriting,
Visual Arts, |
| Through
work with visiting artists,
students learn to construct
a dance or dramatic piece, truly
original in its structure and
form, using Hudson Valley folklore,
mythology, and environmental
studies as inspiration. They
create their own modern Hudson
Valley myths and present their
pieces in a culminating performance.
This project is an integrated
learning experience which involves
dance, theater, language arts,
social studies, and science
from the Hudson Valley. |
Kerhonkson
Elementary School
Rondout Valley CSD
Ulster County
Grade 3 |
“STORIES
WITHIN-Empowering Young
Learners Through theVisual
Arts”
Michael Weisbrot, Tracy Leavitt
English Language
Arts, Science, Social Studies
Photography, Creative Writing |
| Teaching
artist Michael Weisbrot
teaches students to make
connections between what
they see and feel, and
to translate the visual
into verbal and written
language. The children
add personal text to photographic
self-portraits and publish
books of creative writing
combined with and inspired
by chosen photographs.
Storyteller Tracy Leavitt
teaches verbal and creative
writing skillls by performing
stories and directing children
in improvising and creating
their own stories connected
to visual arts themes.
Each artist inspires and
guides the children to
think, to create and to
fall in love with the power
of imagination and, motivates
them to use all the language
arts skills available to
express themselves. Teachers
learn new ways to incorporate
and integrate the arts
into their everyday classroom
work. The goal is to empower
and enrich mind and heart
through the study and practice
of visual arts. |
PS/MS
27 The Agnes Y. Humphrey School
for Leadership
Dist. 15 Region 8
Kings County
Grade 8 |
“Rhythms
of Resistance”
David Pleasant
Social Studies, Science, Math
Music, Dance, Writing |
| Rhythms
of Resistance is a practical
and academic class which teaches
students the history of Gullah/Geechee
culture as it connects to percussion,
dancing, movement, and songs
(in the form of music, spoken
word, and rap). Percussion artist/activist
David Pleasant currently shares
this material with two classes
of 8th grade students at P.S./M.S.
27 in Red Hook, Brooklyn through
an arts workshop format.The
project expands on this interaction
by establishing a regular class
in the subject matter for an
entire year. |
Ichabod
Crane Primary School
Ichabod Crane CSD
Columbia County
Grades K - 2 |
“Building
Literacy Through the
Arts: A Framework for
Learning”
Capitol Region Center for Arts
in Education
English Language Arts
theatre/storytelling, visual
arts, music |
| The
Capital Region Center for
Arts in Education, its
arts programming, and teaching
artists support the development
of literacy, specifically
reading comprehension and
writing skills, in Ichabod
Crane Primary School students.This
project uses a storytelling
performance which includes
music and theatre as the
focus for follow-up student
learning activities created
to improve comprehension
strategies such as "making
inferencies" and "character
development." |
Martin
Luther King, Jr. High School
for Arts and Technology
Dist. 3 Region 10
New York County
Grade
9 |
“Epic Antigone and The
Oresteia at MLK Art
and Tech”
Epic Theatre
Center
English Language Arts, Social
Studies, Theatre Arts |
|
This program addresses the goals
of improving academic skills,
building school capacity, and
fostering a sense of community
across the entire 9th grade.
After seeing a fully staged
version of Antigone,
students create new citizen-choruses
that represent different community-specific
viewpoints, integrate them into
the play, and perform them alongside
professional actors. They similarly
create their own trial of Orestes
after experiencing a professional
production of The Oresteia.
As students work to adapt the
plays to address issues in their
own lives, they explore how
their personal ethics and choices
might have civic consquences.
Students identify, develop,
and express a singular point
of view, develop as democratic
citizens, and take an active
role in building ensemble. professional.
Read
more
about this project.
|
Emmet
Belknap Middle School
Lockport City Schools
Niagara County
Grade 8 |
“Toe
Tappin' Blues”
WNY Arts and Education Institute,
Susan Goodin
English Language Arts, Social
Studies
Visual Art, Music, Dance |
| Toe
Tappin' Blues is a project rich
in the themes, concerns, and
aesthetics of the blues in American
music and dance. Students are
inspired, challenged, informed,
and encouraged to participate
in this dance unit as they work
with the teaching artist and
performers Jimmy Tate and Rodney
Appleby. Students are challenged
to use the blues to gain an
understanding of themselves
and how the arts can lead to
personal and professional success
in other areas of their lives. |
Builders
for Family and Youth/Sunset
Park Head Start School
Dist.15
Region 8
New York County
Grade pre-K
|
“Learning
Literacy & Speech Through
Dance”
Dancewave, Inc.
English Language Arts
Dance |
| Through
a program integrating dance
challenges with sound, letter,
and language exposure, our goal
is to increase familiarity and
achieve greater ease, recognition
and pronunciation of English
as a second language within
the context of a dance experience,
while also creating young dancers.
Students learn dance vocabulary
and set warm-up dances, and
improvise, create, and perform
dances based on their own movement
ideas. Students express their
reactions to each other's dances
verbally. They learn how the
sequence of artistic processes
relates to the sequence in a
story. Parents and teachers
receive a list of available
books about dance and dancers
to read to children. |
Lakeland
High School
Lakeland
CSD
Westchester County
Grades 9 - 10
|
“Shakespeare
Onstage and In the Classroom”
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
English Language Arts
Theatre Arts |
| Artist
residencies in English classes
at each grade level are
part of a larger program
involving students in discovering
Shakespeare's plays as three-dimensional
dramatic texts to be performed.
Students see a professional
production,
then use a Shakespeare play
as the basis for learning
about Shakespeare's theater
and basic acting skills.
Guided by a teaching artist,
they explore the plays'
language and stories through
voice, movement, and acting.
Students prepare scenes
to share, with an emphasis
on characterization, language,
and theme. Read
more about
this project. |
Questar
III
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES
Rensselaer County
ungraded
|
“Connections”
Nicole Jordan
Science, Math, Technology,
Health, and English Language
Arts
Visual
Arts |
| Connections
creates an exciting year-long,
multi-layered, sequential,
integrated learning experience
for a group of Special Education
students. The primary focus
is to address issues of
interconnection by way of
the individual and the concept
of community (through teamwork)
while exploring science,
math, and social interaction
themes through the use of
several hands-on art activities. Read
more about this project. |
P
373 K Brooklyn Transition Center
Dist. 75 - Special Schools
New York
Grades 9 - 10
|
"Thinking
First - Choices"
Elders
Share the Arts
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Theater Arts |
| Dramatic
arts are used to portray choices
in situations that present potential
for conflict for our students.
The teaching artists guide the
students through dramatic techniques
to explore the choices the students
confront in their daily lives;
elder storytellers will come
into the classroom to share
their personal stories of conflict
resolution. The situations center
on thinking about positive and
peaceful conflict resolution
as a strategy to avoid escalating
conflict. The dramatic presentations
culminate in small interactive
improvisational workshops to
which students, families, and
neighborhood organizations are
invited to process and explore
these choices. |
Holley
Elementary School
Holley CSD
Orleans County
Grade 1 |
“Creative
Visualization for Literacy”
Young Audiences of WNY
English Language Arts
Music, Visual Arts |
| This
multiple visit residency
sends students down the
road of active reading.
Teaching artists Bart Dentino & Kevin
Huber engage students in
active listening using
participation in music
and the written word.Students
learn to visualize what
they are learning. |
The
Renaissance Charter School (TRCS)
Dist. 30 Region 4 (Charter)
Queens County
Grades 6 - 8 |
“Write
a Play! Partnership between
TRCS and YPI"
Young Playwrights Inc.
English Language Arts, Social
Studies
Theater Arts, Creative Writing |
| The
partnership introduces the discipline
and art of playwriting and links
directly to ELA and social studies
curricula. The residency gives
young writers the skills to
create their own original pieces
of theater and find their own
burgeoning voices. Providing
instruction and mentoring helps
students make the connection
between schoolwork and their
daily lives. See
more about this project. |
Montauk
Public School
Montauk SD
Suffolk County
Grade 6 |
“Something
Wicked This Way Comes”
The
Hamptons Shakespeare Festival
English Language Arts, Social
Studies
Theatre Arts, Music, Visual
Art |
| Working
as a team, the 6th grade teachers
and certified arts specialists
of Montauk School and artist-educators
from the Hamptons Shakespeare
Festival conduct a 23-visit
interdisciplinary residency
focused on William Shakespeare's
Macbeth. The unit culminates
in an abridged performance of
the play presented by the entire
6th grade for the Montauk community. |
Glen
Head School
North Shore CSD #1
Nassau County
Grade 2 |
“Becoming
a Classroom Community”
Dafna Soltes Stein
English Language Arts, Social
Studies
Dance, Visual Art, Music |
| Students
learn dance improvisation
and composition skills
using vocabulary and concepts
to guide students in exploring
what they "know"
about friendship, conflict,
trust and community. The Glen
Head School's second grade Social
Studies unit,"Getting to
Know You," is the primary
source for thematic content.
In the process of focusing
on the theme of friendship
and community, students also
learn to recognize the connection
between verbal literacy and
literacy in other art forms
through a teaching partnership
that combines the languages
of dance, reading, writing,
music and visual arts in exciting
ways. Read more about
this project. |
Scholar's
Academy c/o MS 180
Dist. 27 Region 5
Queens County
Grade 7 |
“Scholar's
Academy Renaissance Video
Project”
Magic Box Productions
English Language Arts, Social
Studies, Career Development,
Technology
Documentary Video |
| Seventh
grade students create an original
documentary about the school's
first year in its new site and
its effect on the students,
their families and the surrounding
communities. Through this work,
students develop relationships
and understanding about the
social, cultural, and historical
aspects of life in Queens. Using
video and computer technologies,
they create a final video to
share with the school and community. |
Rondout
Valley MS/HS
Rondout Valley CSD
Ulster County
Grade 8, 9, Special Education |
“Digital
imaging as a Key Tool
for Interdisciplinary
Learning”
Linda Law
Social Studies, Science, Math,
Languages Other Than English,
Special Education
Digital Imaging, 2D Design,
Graphic Arts |
| "Digital
Imaging as a Key Tool for Interdisciplinary
Learning," continues and
expands in the 2005-2006 academic
year. Using KidPix, this project
teaches students how to create,
edit, enhance, and animate
digital images within the framework
of projects used to support
learning in core curricular
areas, from English and Social
Studies to Math and Science.
In the upcoming year, Ms. Law
supports teachers from the
9th grade team in their use
of the project skills developed
previously, and expands the
project's reach to Rondout
Valley Middle School's 8th
grade LOTE, Social Studies,
and Behavior Management classes. |
PS
24
Dist. 15 Region 8
Kings County
Grades 2 - 3 |
“Spanish
as a Living Language”
BAX Brooklyn Arts Exchange,
Inc.
English as a Second Language
Theatre Arts/Movement |
| This
project builds on a collaboration
between PS 24 and BAX/Brooklyn
Arts Exchange to fully
integrate movement/theater
curriculum within the school's
commitment to Spanish language
and English language learning
for all students and families.
It uses kinesthetic learning
to enhance both Spanish-
and English-speaking students'
ability to learn and use
language. Parent workshops
using theater and movement
tools elicit family stories
in Spanish which, supplemented
by non-fiction source materials,
are turned into short plays.
Students also create "mini-plays"
in Spanish from student writing.
Over the course of the residency
all students practice basic
theater and scripting skills. Read
more about this partnership. |
JHS
131 Albert Einstein Science
and Technology Academy
Dist. 8 Region 2
Bronx County
Grades 6 - 8 |
"Salvadori
On-Site School Program"
Math, Science, Social Studies
Architecture, Design, Visual
Art |
JHS
131 extends its collaboration
with the Salvadori Center,
which exposes our students
to the wonder, beauty,
and logic of architecture
and structures. Through
completing projects that
involve 2-D architectural
drawing and 3-D model building,
students gain mastery of
math and visual arts concepts.
Through oral and written
presentations of their
architectural proposals
for redesign of a school
space, they gain literacy
skills. Through
"City-as-Classroom"
investigations, they gain familiarity
with art/architecture history
across cultures, as well as
technical skills in Internet
research and applications such
as CAD (Computer-Assisted Drawing)
and spreadsheets. See
pictures from this project.
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