A lesson exploring the history of Valentine's Day through the lens of card-making and gift-giving traditions, culminating in a hands-on art activity where students create historically-inspired valentines.
A comprehensive lesson for 10th grade Art 2 students focusing on slab-building techniques to create expressive gargoyles. Students will learn the architectural history of gargoyles while mastering advanced facial feature sculpting and diverse surface textures in clay.
A high school painting lesson exploring the Hudson River School movement, focusing on the technical aspects of landscape composition, luminism, and the concept of the 'sublime' in 19th-century American art. Students will analyze masterworks and apply these techniques to their own landscape paintings.
A sophisticated art lesson for high school students focusing on creating anatomical mixed-media hearts for Valentine's Day. Students explore the intersection of science and emotion through ink and watercolor techniques.
A project-based lesson where students learn the elements of modern pop music and use digital tools to create their own original 4-bar song snippet.
A comprehensive lesson exploring the history and techniques of pixel art, guiding students to create their own retro-style game characters and environments within technical constraints.
Students explore the concept of musical harmony through interactive singing exercises, listening tasks, and collaborative blending activities. They will learn to distinguish between melody and harmony and participate in multi-part vocal performances.
A comprehensive lesson for high school students to master the basics of jazz improvisation through theory, vocal exercises, and analysis of iconic solos.
A lesson focusing on the themes of choice, aging, and suppression in The Giver Chapters 4 and 5.
A culminating play-along experience combining rhythm and tempo in a performance-based session.
An exploration of musical speed using Italian tempo terms and movement-based play-alongs.
Students will differentiate between rhythm and steady beat using 'heartbeat' exercises and interactive clapping games.
A comprehensive 5-day unit for Art 2 students focusing on watercolor glazing, Rule of Thirds composition, and the 'interrupted' landscape technique. Students will learn to avoid centered compositions and build depth through transparent layers.
An intermediate jazzy pom dance routine set to 'Under the Sea', focusing on sharp motions, jazz technique, and high-energy performance.
A high school Media Studies lesson exploring how cinema portrays mental illness, specifically dissociative disorders, and the real-world impact of these portrayals on social stigma. Students analyze horror tropes and rewrite scenes for clinical accuracy.