Abram Lansing
Elementary
Cohoes CSD
Albany Co.
Grades 2 - 5
|
"A
Multi-faceted, Multi-arts, Multi-grade
level Storytelling Project"
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company,
Pleasant DeSpain, Brian Melick
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Math/ Science/Technology
Dance, Music, Storytelling, Visual
Arts
|
Kicking
off with an assembly program
in September by all the artists
for the entire student body,
it progresses to a storytelling
component for 4th grade classes,
a dance component for 5th grade,
a music component for 3rd grade
and a visual arts component
for 2nd grade. The project
culminates with performances
of works created by the students
for the entire student body and
for
parents and community members.
Read more about this partnership. |
Automotive
High School
Region 8, Brooklyn
Kings Co.
Grade 10
|
"Building
a Culture of High Expectations"
Epic Theatre Center
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Drama |
Over
the course of the school year,
the partners will work together
to raise the academic, artistic,
social and civic standards
for success at Automotive High
School. After seeing fully
staged versions of Epic’s
adaptations of Antigone and The
Oresteia, students
create new adaptations of these
challenging classical plays to
explore how their personal ethics
and choices might have civic
consequences. They perform
alongside professional actors
for an audience of teachers,
fellow students, parents and
community. Read
more about this partnership. |
Greenbush
Academy
Questar III
Rensselaer Co.
Ungraded
|
"Opportunities
for Creative Expression through
Music & Art"
Concerted Effort
English
Language Arts, Math/Science/Technology
Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Literary
Arts
|
All
six classes of learning-disabled
and emotionally disturbed students
aged 6-16 learn through
the arts to increase
musical and expressive
skills, fluency and reading comprehension,
awareness of feelings, and cooperative
behaviors. Building on the rhythm
skills developed in last year's
residency, students work
on lyric writing, world-music
drumming, and visual art, adding
elements of slam poetry for the
older students. |
High Meadow
School
Rondout CSD
Ulster Co.
Grades 2 - 4
|
"Arts
Take Flight"
High Meadow
Arts, Inc.
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Math/ Science/Technology, Health/Phys.Ed.
Visual Arts, Music |
Students
create a state-recognized bird
sanctuary on the school campus,
working with local environmental
agencies on trail maintenance
and creating habitats and garden
structures, including gateways,
bat houses, and interpretive
signs. Based on explorations
in ecology and bird studies
and on analysis of song structures,
students learn and create songs
that reflect themes of ecology
and bird life. |
M.C.C.S.
Chinese School
Lower Manhattan Chinatown
New York Co.
Grades K-3
|
"Chinese
Children's Folk Song/ Dance/Art
in Language Class"
MAP Global
Languages Other than English
Visual Arts, Music, Dance |
Students
learn Chinese children's rhyme-game
folk songs through speech,
singing, brush painting, games,
and dance. They develop their
language ability through art,
and enhance their connections
with others, shaping artistic
communication between generations
and in the diverse culture
of the community. |
Maplewood
Intermediate
South Huntington
UFSD
Suffolk Co.
Grade 4 |
"Knowledge
Alive! The Struggle for Freedom
against Tyranny"
Dafna Soltes Stein
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Drama, Music, Literary Arts |
Students
use storytelling, dramatic
role play, creative writing and
African chants
and African-American spirituals
to learn about slavery on Long
Island. Students help build the
story of two African children
from the moment of their capture
in their African village through
the involvement of their
descendants
in the Underground Railroad,
identifying what is important
to tell and why it should matter
to us today. A selected
group of actors memorize and
stage a four-scene play
that all
students have to chance to act
out through dramatic role play
in the classroom. |
Millennium
Art Academy
District 02
Bronx Co.
Grade 11
|
"The
Millennium Pearl Initiative"
Elders Share the Arts
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Drama, Visual Arts, Literary
Arts |
| Students
work as "oral
historians," gathering
stories ("pearls of wisdom")
from elders in the community,
transcribing and editing the
text, and identifying and developing
themes.The stories are augmented
with their original writing,
reflections, and illustrations,
then published in an anthology,
and presented at a public reading. |
MS
223
Region 9
Bronx Co.
Grades 6 - 8 |
"Technically,
It's Art!"
InCollaboration, Inc.
English
Language Arts, Math/Science/Technology,
Career Devel/Occupational Studies
Visual Arts, Music, Literary Arts, Digital Media |
In
the first year of a multi-year
project, students learn how
to use technology as a means
of expression, research, experimentation
and education by fusing technology
with the arts. Projects
include commercial, art, and
journalistic photography and
music creation and editing, and
emphasize building writing skills
through journaling and self-assessment. |
Onondaga
Hill Middle School
Westhill SD
Onondaga Co.
Grades 6 and 8
|
"Service
Learning: Curriculum Links to
Community Service"
Ginger Dunlap-Dietz
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Math/ Science/Technology
Visual Arts, Literary
Arts
|
| Using
grade level literature, students
read about and share reflections
about the
social issues of hunger and homelessness
in the community. After exploring
the historical perspectives through
social studies, students
participate in a service learning
project in the community. Students "put
a face on hunger and homelessness" by
creating clay tiles, which will
be blended into a wall mural
to be installed on the outside
of the school. |
P
373 K Brooklyn Transition Center
District 75
Kings Co.
Grades 9 -11
|
"Dramatic
Conflict Resolution"
Elders Share the Arts
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Drama |
Developmentally
disabled students learn how to
make mature life decisions by
using drama and the art of storytelling
to resolve every day social dilemmas
and conflicts. Role-plays are
coordinated in partnership with
Elder Share the Arts, who use
their own dramatic life stories
to support student learning.
Students develop skills in interviewing,
appropriate socialization, listening,
and empathy. |
Park
West Campus Schools
District 2
New York Co.
Grades 10 and 11
|
"The
Living Legacy Project"
El Museo del Barrio
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Languages Other than English
Visual Arts |
The
project seeks to create a network
of social and working relationships
among three schools on the Park
West campus. Classes focus on
themes of cultural heritage/memory
and identity/migration (embedded
in the museum's exhibit, The
(S) Files) through historical
texts, literature, visual arts,
music, and traditional foods.
They interview family members
to research their own cultural
backgrounds and create and curate
their own show on these themes. |
PS 27, The
Agnes Y. Humphrey School for Leadership
Region 8, District 15
Kings Co.
Grades Pre-K - 1
|
"Digital
Story Workshop and Writing Extensions"
Digital Story Workshop
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Math/ Science/Technology
Visual Arts, Literary Arts,
Drama, Digital Media |
Students
create imaginative videos
based on their spontaneous and
planned play. Before, during,
and after these videos they
reflect on the meaning of their
stories, draw and write about
these stories, create costumes
and props, and create books
that complement these stories.
Their activities encourage
dramatic play and improvisation,
support written and oral language
growth, tech narrative storytelling,
and welcome inquiry. |
PS/MS 188
- Island School
CSD#1
New York Co.
Grades Pre-K - 3 |
"Building
Literacy Through Music - Year
2"
Third Street Music School Settlement
English
Language Arts
Music |
Three
units of study at each grade
level focus on development of
phonemic awareness, phonics,
syllabication and decoding through
rhythm and movement, age-appropriate
instrumental playing, and cooperative
singing. |
PS
39 - The Henry Bristow School
District 15
Kings Co.
Grades K - 2 |
"Literature
at Play"
Making Books Sing, Inc.
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Literary Arts, Drama |
Students
explore books through theatre
arts, including hands-on acting
and playwriting workshops. The
program also includes field trips
(to Making Books Sing’s
musical adaptation of Patricia
Polacco’s The
Butterfly and
a local museum such as Jewish
Children’s Museum), extensive
planning and assessment with
teachers, and an evening Family
Program. |
School of
the Arts
Rochester CSD
Monroe Co.
Grade 12
|
"SLAM
HIGH! A Teen Slam & Spoken
Word Project"
Writers & Books
English
Language Arts, Social Studies
Literary Arts, Drama |
Students
experience and experiment
with the performance, word, and
text of spoken word poetry, as
well as the social and political
ramifications of this genre.
Each writes several poems, then
chooses one to develop for
performance. The residencies
culminate in a school Slam
at each high school and a Grand
Slam championship with the
winners of each school Slam.
The experiences help to build
a community of poets who can
listen and respond to one another's
work. |
Solace Elementary
Syracuse CSD
Onondaga Co.
Grades 4 - 6 |
"Puppetry
Playwriting Project"
Open Hand Theater
English
Language Arts, Math/Science/Technology,
Career Devel/Occupational Studies
Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Drama,
Literary Arts |
Students
work on creative writing through
the process of developing their
original stories into plays for
puppetry. Outstanding plays are
published in a booklet, and
elements of dialogue and scenes
are developed in class workshops
with school art and music teachers
and teaching artists. Students
work together in teams with
the artists in a final “production
seminar” that focuses on
bringing together all the
elements into the process of
staging a puppet scene. |
The Renaissance
Charter School
District 84Q
Queens Co.
Grades 9 - 11
|
"The
Underage Cabaret"
Andrew Ronan, Desi Waters
English
Language Arts
Literary Arts, Drama |
Adding
a theater production component
to the playwriting skills developed
during a two-year residency
with YPI, drama students
"bring the page to the stage."
Under the guidance of the
teaching artists, students
produce "The Underage
Cabaret" at a neighborhood
professional theater using
original material developed
in their 9th-10th ELA classes.
Producing pieces that link
literary and personal life
issues, they increase the sophistication
of their writing and improve
problem-solving and critical-thinking
skills. |
Westport
Central School
Westport CSD
Essex Co.
Grades 4, 5, 6, 8
|
"Women
of the Past: The Captain
Ellen Project"
Essex County Historical Society
and Adirondack History Center Museum
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Math/ Science/Technology
Visual Arts, Music, Literary
Arts, Digital Media, Drama,
Dance |
| In
the fourth year of collaboration,
students
explore the history of the
Abenaki people through theatre,
drumming, scrap booking and exhibition-making.
The program is designed to present
to a wider audience by exhibiting
the products at the museum in
the spring and summer and by
networking throughout the community
about the Abenaki people's history
in preparation for the 2009 Quadricentennial
celebration of Samuel de Champlain's
arrival in the region. |
Young Women's
Leadership School of Astoria
District 4
Queens Co.
Grade 6
|
"Through
Our Eyes"
Magic Box Productions, Inc.
English
Language Arts, Social Studies,
Math/Science/Technology, Career
Devel/ Occupational Studies,
Health/Phys.Ed.
Visual Arts, Literary
Arts, Digital Media |
Blending
art, technology and personal
narrative, the project helps
build digital skills while nurturing
students' intellectual curiosity
and creativity by using digital
photography and personal narrative
as a tool for self-examination
and reflection. After visiting
the International Center for
Photography, they use digital
cameras and Photoshop to create
a school gallery of photographs
and text representing their
individual experiences as adolescent
girls, and build positive peer-to-peer
reinforcement as they analyze
and discuss each other's work. |
