by Mira Johnson | Oct 28, 2025
To investigate the story behind an object from another person’s point of view, choose partners and take turns acting as both interviewer and interviewee. Select an interesting artifact that your partner is wearing or carrying or have the partner select something to...
by Mira Johnson | Oct 28, 2025
Before experiencing a museum or other learning experience that includes cultural representation and identity, it is important to think deeply about our own perspectives that may inform our responses and analysis. Use this worksheet to inventory some assumptions you...
by Lisa Rathje | Oct 10, 2025
We have provided a level of detail in this curriculum that will give guidance to teachers working with a theater artist in your community in teaching the lessons with your students. Mexican Puppetry is a middle school ELL 34 lesson cross-curricular folk arts...
by Lisa Rathje | Oct 10, 2025
This folk arts integrated unit partners with a folk artist, Gbahtuo Combaye, who was born and raised in Liberia. He is in residence for 10 sessions to tell stories with each of our sixth grade English Language Arts (ELA) classes. The Sections of the Curriculum 1. Unit...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2025
This unit was inspired by Nisha Arya’s book Yoga Tales: Asanas & Animal Fables from India (available at Amazon ). Nisha selected a collection of traditional Panchatantra animal fables and connected them to animal yoga poses. The fables are accompanied by fun...
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