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...

Cemetery Secrets

by | Aug 24, 2021

Cemeteries may seem unlikely fieldtrip destinations, yet they offer rich possibilities for engaging students in primary research.
Heritage Fellow John Cephas Virtual Residency

Heritage Fellow John Cephas Virtual Residency

by | Aug 18, 2021

NEA National Heritage Fellow, 1989 Master Piedmont Blues Musician When I grew up as a kid and we had these get-togethers in the country, almost everyone had a repertoire that included “John Henry,” and you were judged by how well you played it. Some played it in open...
Museum Observation Field Journal

Museum Observation Field Journal

by | Aug 18, 2021

Before visiting a museum, we ask students to inventory their assumptions about what they expect, even if the institution is a familiar one—to think about where it is, how it sits on the landscape, its relationship to the natural and built environments. This exercise...