End-of-Life Tool Kit

by | Sep 28, 2023

The Toolkit for the public provides resources on death and dying, geared to both health professionals and the public.  It contains links to textbooks, stories, poems, cultural perspectives on death and dying, as well as compelling video clips, examples of various art...

Teaching with Folk Sources

by | Sep 19, 2023

This 10th Volume of the Journal of Folklore and Education offers two issues packed with resources and content. Expanding mainstream notions that primary sources are historical documents housed in hard-to-access archives, this volume showcases archival items that...

Cultural Stewardship Conversation Guide

by | Dec 13, 2022

Culture creates and strengthens communities. Understanding the complexity and power of culture gives communities agency. The concept of Cultural Stewardship teaches us to understand our personal cultural identity as well as that of our families, schools,...

Culture, Community, and the Classroom: Introduction to Mosaic

by | Jan 18, 2022

TITLE Culture, Community and the Classroom: Introduction to Mosaic and the Collaboration Tree Project AUTHOR AND TEACHER  Christine Crossgrove ARTIST COLLABORATOR  Luigi Gobbo, Italian Mosaic Artist SUBJECT AND GRADE LEVEL   High School Visual Art LENGTH 2 class...
Culture, Community, and the Classroom: Step Dance

Culture, Community, and the Classroom: Step Dance

by | Dec 3, 2021

TITLE Step Dance  AUTHOR and TEACHER Amanda Shoemaker  ARTIST COLLABORATOR Akilah Briggs-Melvin  SUBJECT AND GRADE LEVEL 5th-grade General Music  LENGTH Two 40-minute class periods GENERAL MUSIC STANDARDS Create Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic...