Tag Archives: Art

Art and Identity: Communities, Neighborhoods and Self

January 24, 2020 – 12:51 pm

Natalie Jones, Visual Art, West Charlotte High

Synopsis

Tags Art, collage, communication, community, discovery, fingerprint, identity, Journal, mixed media, neighborhood, suitcase, Visual, Visual Art | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

How To Make An ARTivist

February 20, 2019 – 12:18 pm

Carla Aaron-Lopez, Visual Arts, Whitewater Middle School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags activism, Ai Weiwei, Art, Banksy, books, children’s rights, contemporary art, graphic novels, Guerilla Girls, human rights, Shepard Fairey, street art | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Art and Identity: Using Visual Art as a Means of Nonverbal Communication

February 1, 2018 – 1:18 pm

Natalie Jones, Visual Art, West Charlotte HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, collage, communication, discovery, fingerprint, High School, identity, Journal, mixed media, nonverbal communication, Visual, Visual Art, word cloud, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

Peel It: How to peel away layers to increase understanding?

February 1, 2018 – 1:15 pm

Mindy Passe, Fifth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, character traits, Comprehension, English language arts, figurative language, identity, inferences, metaphor, self-portraits, Simile, Social Emotional Learning | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Art & Identity: Mapping a School Community

February 1, 2018 – 12:57 pm

Carla Aaron-Lopez, Visual Art, Whitewater MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Angelica Dass, Art, Brandon Stanton, community, contemporary art, culturally sustaining pedagogy, Dawoud Bey, Humans of New York, identity, Middle School, Photography | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Visual Journal/Process Journal-Process to Product

February 15, 2017 – 11:16 am

Kelley Hund Shelley, Visual Art, Butler High School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, art critique, artist statement, bookmaking, Coptic Bound Book, craftsmanship, end paper, High School, Japanese Stab book, Journal, line quality, mark making, Orizomegami, personal voice, Process Journal, signature, spine, visual journal | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century

We Can See Clearly Now – Using Art to Expand Understandings of Personal Cultural Identities

February 8, 2017 – 12:30 pm

Lecia Shockley, Second Grade, Selwyn Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, Biography, collaboration, communication skills, creative thinking, critical thinking, depth of understanding, Elementary School, Integration, observation skills, visual intelligence, visual text, visual thinking strategies, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Mapping your Memoirs

January 30, 2017 – 11:08 am

Teresa Strohl, Art and Writing, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, Art Buddies, Elementary School, literacy, Memoirs, Niki de Saint Phalle., project based learning, romare bearden, Studio Habits of Mind, Writing Process | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

Architects of Peace: Pathways and Unintended Pauses in the Landscape of Our Common Home

February 2, 2016 – 1:18 pm

Gloria J. Brinkman, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Architecture, Art, Citizenship, critical thinking, environment, global sustainability, High School, homeland, metaphor, Peace, peacebuilding, Values, War | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

Learning through Movement: Applying Exercise Education and Movement Activities in a Library Setting

January 29, 2016 – 11:22 am

Deborah Yu-Yuk Jung, Media Skills, Winding Springs Elementary

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Art, Elementary School, Exercise—Physiological Effects, Kinesthetic Learning, Mind and Body, movement, yoga | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Heroes, Rebels and Rock Stars: Cultural Icons in Modern Europe

The Impression of Impressionism

January 28, 2015 – 5:14 pm

Mary Tew, Art, Davidson Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, art history, Claude Monet, elementary, Impressionism, Individualism, Landscape, Painting, Perseverance, Plein Air | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 2: The Global Energy Challenge

Creative Verve: the Merging of Metaphor and the Scientific Mind

January 21, 2015 – 3:06 pm

Gloria Brinkman, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, confection, dye-sensitized solar cells, ecological footprint, Energy, figurative, metaphor, parallelism, photovoltaic, Science, scientific thinking, temporal | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 2: The Global Energy Challenge

Energy Woven Into Art

January 21, 2015 – 2:56 pm

Alicia Waters, Art, Grand Oak Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Abstract Art, Art, kinetic energy, Weaving | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Artificial Intelligence

How a Middle School Teacher Can Use Artificial Intelligence to Teach Evolution

January 20, 2015 – 10:05 pm

Phil Carver, Science, James Martin Middle School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, Artificial Intelligence, evolution, genetic algorithms, Machine Learning | Permalink | Comments Off

Curriculum Units Vol 8: Urban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature

Latino and African American Literature: Revealing our Core Identity

May 1, 2014 – 7:52 pm

Beth Lasure, Visual Arts, Mallard Creek High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, core identity, folktales, Literature, magical realism | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Art

Art and Identity: Communities, Neighborhoods and Self

How To Make An ARTivist

Art and Identity: Using Visual Art as a Means of Nonverbal Communication

Art & Identity: Mapping a School Community

Visual Journal/Process Journal-Process to Product

We Can See Clearly Now – Using Art to Expand Understandings of Personal Cultural Identities

Mapping your Memoirs

Architects of Peace: Pathways and Unintended Pauses in the Landscape of Our Common Home

Learning through Movement: Applying Exercise Education and Movement Activities in a Library Setting

The Impression of Impressionism

Creative Verve: the Merging of Metaphor and the Scientific Mind

Energy Woven Into Art

How a Middle School Teacher Can Use Artificial Intelligence to Teach Evolution

Latino and African American Literature: Revealing our Core Identity

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