Units have been uniquely designed for individual classrooms through the collaboration of classroom teachers, specialty teachers and the teaching artists. Each project integrates grade level curriculum, a teaching artist's residency and a live performance or cultural organization site visit. The goal of these units is to promote artistic exploration by the students as well as strengthen their 21st Century skills and core subjects of ELA and mathematics.
Since the start of the 2015-16 school year, five-week units of study have been designed and implemented in Grade 4 and 5 classrooms during the fall and spring semesters. The projects' live performances or cultural organization site visits have served as a springboard for the study of a curriculum-based theme or topic.
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : English Language Arts Guiding Question : How do circus performers use their body skills and training to create interpretative movement studies of a visual work of art? Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts Unit Topic : Visual Literacy
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Science Guiding Question : How do we curate our curiosities inspired by master artists? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : Science,Social Studies Guiding Question : How does geography affect an ecosystem? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts Unit Topic : New York State Geography, Ecosystem
Learning about Native American Culture through Dance
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Social Studies Guiding Question : How does culture of Native Americans shape their dance? Video Unit Topic : Native Americans
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : Character Education Guiding Question : What can we do to overcome our insecurities? Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts Video Unit Topic : Social-Emotional Literacy
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Social Studies Guiding Question : What was life like for colonial children then versus what life is like for modern children now? Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts Unit Topic : Colonial America
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Social Studies Guiding Question : How can we express the geography of New York through dance? Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts Video Unit Topic : New York State Geography
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : Character Education ,English Language Arts Guiding Question : “What would you like people to know about you? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts Unit Topic : Social-Emotional Literacy
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Character Education ,English Language Arts Guiding Question : Why are you valuable? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts Video Unit Topic : Social-Emotional Literacy
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : Character Education ,Social Studies Guiding Question : How can the dances of different cultures help students appreciate our global community and embrace a sense of unity? Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts Video Unit Topic : Cultural Diversity
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : Mathematics Guiding Guiding Question : How might the concept of 'parts of a whole' be expressed visually? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts Unit Topic : Parts of a Whole
Grade Level : Grade 5 Content Area : Social Studies Guiding Question : What was it like for slaves to traveled the Underground Railroad? Artistic Discipline : Performing Arts Unit Topic : Underground Railroad
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Mathematics Guiding,Science,Social Studies Guiding Question : How can history teach us compassion in today's world? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts Unit Topic : Underground Railroad
Grade Level : Grade 4 Content Area : Social Studies Guiding Question : How can Colonial America be represented in a three-dimensional village? Artistic Discipline : Visual Arts Unit Topic : Colonial America
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