Manipulating materials to create form and volume in three-dimensional space. Focuses on additive and subtractive techniques using media such as clay, wire, and found objects.
A 4-session project-based final exam where 10th-grade students demonstrate technical theatre mastery through set, costume, lighting, sound, or prop design.
This hands-on sequence introduces 4th graders to the visual and engineering side of theater. Students analyze scripts to design environments, draft scale floor plans, build 3D scenic models, and fabricate props, emphasizing spatial reasoning and storytelling through physical space.
Students investigate how costumes and properties (props) function as tools for character development and storytelling. The sequence guides students through the process of distinguishing between prop types, exploring costume psychology, fabricating safe props, and mastering backstage organization.
This 4th-grade sequence explores how traditional arts and crafts function as vessels for cultural heritage. Students learn to 'read' artifacts like narrative quilts and pottery as historical texts, ultimately creating their own heritage artifacts to preserve personal or family stories.
A 5-lesson unit exploring kinetic sculpture through the lens of Alexander Calder's mobiles. Students merge art history with physics principles like balance and center of gravity to create their own hanging sculptures.
A comprehensive 2nd Grade unit introducing students to the tactile properties of clay and fundamental hand-building techniques including pinch pots, coil construction, and the slip-and-score method. Students explore additive sculpture and surface texture to create unique 3D works of art.
