A final creative project for Tuck Everlasting where students build a physical or symbolic memory box to explore themes of immortality and the cycle of life.

A comprehensive look at professional pathways in the music industry, focusing on performance, technical engineering, and business marketing.

A comprehensive final project where students act as a creative agency to design a professional advertisement for a mini-brand, integrating photography, Photoshop editing, and design principles.

A hands-on introductory lesson to the traditional art of coil basketry using paper coils and yarn. Students master the rhythmic technique of wrapping and stitching to create a functional, decorative vessel.

A collaborative art project where students navigate financial constraints to create high-quality mixed media sculptures, mimicking real-world commission and grant structures.

An in-depth look at John Byrne's daily life as a painter and playwright, focusing on his studio habits, materials, and the intersection of visual art and storytelling.

A creative and educational craft lesson where students use geometric shapes to design and build their own 'Shape Shifter' monsters, practicing fine motor skills and shape recognition.

Students climb the musical mountains to distinguish between high and low sounds through active listening and visual mapping.

An adventure through the desert to discover piano and forte, using environmental sounds and vocal exploration to understand volume.

Students explore the difference between steady beat and rhythm using animal movements and simple rhythmic patterns (quarter and eighth notes).

A comprehensive literacy lesson where students act as Sound Detectives to master phoneme isolation and decoding. Students will practice identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds in 3-4 phoneme words, including those with blends and digraphs.

The unit culminates in a gallery walk and formal presentation where students defend their design choices using evidence from their clients' briefs. Peer critique focuses on how well the design meets the user's emotional and functional needs.

A focused studio workday where students synthesize all elements and principles of design into a final visual presentation. They complete their floor plans, material boards, and write a verbal justification for their design choices.

Students select textiles, finishes, and furniture styles that complement their client's needs and desired mood. They explore the durability and aesthetic of various surface materials to complete the sensory profile of their room.

Applying ergonomics and circulation paths, students draft a functional floor plan for their assigned scenario. The focus is on maximizing flow, ensuring accessibility, and balancing positive and negative space.

Students transition to the culminating project by receiving and analyzing their "Project Scenarios." This lesson focuses on the first stage of Design Thinking: Empathy. Students evaluate client needs, constraints, and lifestyle goals to inform their design choices.

A comprehensive final project for digital design students where they create a professional advertisement for a mini-brand using photography and Photoshop.

Applying the principles of balance, rhythm, and emphasis to create unified and harmonious room layouts, featuring a critical analysis of professional interior designs.

An investigation into color theory, focusing on how hue, value, and saturation are used to evoke specific psychological responses and emotions in interior spaces.

A hands-on exploration of how tactile and visual textures impact comfort, paired with an investigation into how space planning affects room functionality.

Students explore how different types of lines, shapes, and forms influence the mood and feeling of a room through a visual mood board scavenger hunt.

Bridging the gap between 6th-grade structural systems and 7th-grade aesthetic design, this lesson introduces the Design Thinking process in the context of sustainable housing.

A exploration of existential themes through classic literature, philosophy, and contemporary film, culminating in a personal philosophical essay.

A practical and humorous script where characters use the STEP problem-solving method to navigate a playground disagreement.

Inspired by the themes of 'Love That Dog', students perform a script about discovering the power and freedom of writing poetry.

A readers theater script featuring an armadillo, a springbok, and a monarch butterfly demonstrating their unique survival strategies.

Students explore the different parts of the human brain and how they work together to control thoughts, feelings, and movements through a fun performance script.

In this lesson, high school students explore the power of public art as a tool for social justice and community advocacy. They will analyze visual rhetoric in famous murals and design their own mural concept that honors the history and future of Camden, NJ.

A high school lesson exploring public art as a tool for social justice, specifically focused on the history and future of Camden, NJ. Students analyze visual rhetoric and design their own mural concepts.

A comprehensive introduction to 1-point and 2-point perspective drawing through the lens of urban architecture. Students learn the fundamentals of vanishing points and horizon lines to create realistic 3D cityscapes.

A comprehensive lesson preparing students for their photography benchmark, covering technical camera settings, compositional principles, and the philosophy of artistic intention.

A deep dive into Stanislavski's 'System', focusing on using real-world experiences to inform character work through peer interviews.

A lesson exploring 10 key advertising techniques used to influence consumer behavior, based on the Ad Anatomy Field Guide.