Foundational techniques in theater, music, dance, and visual arts alongside strategies for creative thinking. Examines the relationship between artistic expression and societal development.
Unit 1: Stop-Motion Animation & Foundational Research. Students explore persistence of vision, digital research credibility, storyboarding, animation physics, and production.
A unit of humorous, educational lessons where students perform modern comedic plays about ancient pantheons. Students explore the domains, symbols, and myths of Greek and Egyptian deities while practicing reading fluency, character design, and critical analysis.
A graduate-level studio sequence focused on the transition from technical exercises to a cohesive, professional body of work. Students develop a thematic series, tackle the challenges of large-scale execution, engage in rigorous formal critiques, and curate a final presentation.
A graduate-level exploration of the intersection between medium and meaning. Students innovate with traditional materials, exploring chemical interactions, substrate manipulation, and mixed-media synthesis to develop a unique 'mark-making' vocabulary where physical texture contributes to conceptual depth.
This advanced sequence for graduate students explores the deconstruction of classical composition through dynamic symmetry, edge tension, non-Euclidean perspective, and visual hierarchy. Students will move from rigid geometric analysis to 'anti-compositional' strategies to create contemporary, tension-filled imagery.
An intensive graduate-level investigation into the physics, psychology, and application of color in fine art, focusing on relativity, semiotics, and narrative.
Students work in small groups to 'curate' a stage for a world music festival. They select a region, choose instruments to feature, and explain why that music is unique.
Students listen to the drumming and singing styles of Native American tribes. They discuss the importance of the drum as the 'heartbeat' and the preservation of culture through powwow music.
Students investigate the wind and percussion instruments of South America, such as panpipes and maracas, and explore the connection between music and dance in Latin American cultures.
This lesson introduces the Pentatonic scale (5-note scale) common in traditional Chinese and Japanese music. Students listen to string instruments like the Koto or Erhu and compare them to the violin.
Students explore polyrhythms and the role of the Djembe drum in West African culture, learning how rhythm serves as a form of communication and community celebration.
A cumulative celebration where students synthesize their learning by creating a musical passport and identifying universal themes in global music making.
The teacher answer key for the 'Homestuck Masterclass' trivia lesson. Contains the correct responses to all 12 questions, alongside detailed historical and creative explanations (the 'Lore Archive') for each answer, plus grading rubrics.
The student trivia quiz sheet for the 'Homestuck Masterclass' lesson. Contains 12 highly advanced, technical questions about SBURB game mechanics, hemospectrum hierarchy, classpect taxonomy, and time loop paradoxes, styled in a retro PC terminal aesthetic.
The teacher answer key for the 'Internet Alchemy' trivia lesson. Contains the correct responses to all 14 questions, alongside detailed historical and creative explanations (the 'Lore Archive') for each answer, plus grading rubrics.
The student trivia quiz sheet for the 'Internet Alchemy' lesson. Contains 14 highly niche, technical questions about Ryan Ross, Toby Fox, and Andrew Hussie, styled in an elegant 'zine' or 'print archive' aesthetic.
A print-ready, high-contrast gothic-themed assessment checking student comprehension of the history, musical innovations, and cultural legacy of The Cure. Features a name and score header block.
A dark, atmospheric slide presentation exploring the history, complete chronological album catalog, and massive cultural and musical impact of The Cure. Designed with a gorgeous, moody Gothic Dark-Mode aesthetic.
A whimsical and engaging preschool-to-kindergarten lesson focused on basic color recognition, color mixing, sorting, and emotional connection to colors in a magical elf-themed forest. Includes hands-on worksheets, color-matching flashcards, coloring pages, and teacher facilitation notes.
A comprehensive poetry and music production unit for adult HSED students. It integrates poetry analysis, hip-hop lyricism, emotional self-expression (SEL), and digital audio production concepts into a cohesive, print-ready student workbook and teacher guide.
A creative lyric analysis and songwriting lesson exploring Ryan Ross's influential role as a lyricist in the mid-2000s alternative and baroque-pop music scene. Students analyze his verbose, theatrical style and write their own historically-inspired lyrics.
A comprehensive art reflection lesson designed for secondary art students to analyze their technical progression, artistic growth, and studio contributions across painting and ceramics.
A comprehensive lesson that breaks down the structural, rhythmic, and poetic elements of hip-hop and rap lyrics. Students learn complex rhyming, flow cadence, figurative imagery, and wordplay, then plan and write a complete 16-bar verse using highly visual scaffolding.
A 3-page teacher facilitation and pedagogical guide with adult HSED instruction strategies, free DAW setup tutorials, SEL writing safety tips, and complete answer keys/student exemplars.
A 5-page printable workbook for adult HSED students combining poetry, hip-hop lyricism, SEL, and digital music production. Features reading passages, analysis, graphic organizers, and structured drafting sheets.
A 1-page teacher reference guide for the Feverish Quill lesson. It includes historical and cultural context on the mid-2000s emo/baroque-pop scene, an answer key/discussion guide for the student worksheet, a songwriting rubric, and pedagogical extension activities.
A 2-page print-ready lyric analysis and songwriting worksheet for students. It explores Ryan Ross's two distinct songwriting eras—the theatrical baroque-pop of 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' (2005) and the retro psychedelic folk-pop of 'Pretty. Odd.' (2008). Includes context, two comparative lyric studies, analytical questions, and a songwriting template.
A stylish, reflective 1-page exit ticket designed like a ticket to a luxury fashion show. Students summarize their learning by selecting an era and analyzing historical impacts on fashion.
