Preparation: Make a slide deck to share with students either using the classroom projector or with a shared screen function in the online setting. In the deck you’ll want to include: First, a slide entitled “Who is the teacher?” with two pictures—one an adult who is teaching and one a young person who is teaching. … Who is the Teacher?
Water Walk by John Cage Whole Sequence Breakdown: Welcome and warm-up (c. 5-10 minutes) Brief introduction to John cage and Water Walk (5 minutes) Viewing to Water Walk (without giving away the “secret”) (5 minutes) Small group discussions (c. 10-15 minutes) Whole-group share and discussion (20 minutes) Possible extensions (for extra time, or additional lessons) … Water Walk by John Cage
Whole Sequence Breakdown: Welcome and warm-up (c. 5-10 minutes) Brief introduction to Nina Simone and the song (5 minutes) Listening to “I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)” with Lyrics (5 minutes) Small group discussions (c. 10-15 minutes) Whole-group share and discussion (20 minutes) Possible extensions (for extra time, or additional … “I wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” by Nina Simone
Whole Sequence Breakdown: Welcome and warm-up (c. 5-10 minutes) Brief introduction to “Respect” by Aretha Franklin (5 minutes) Listening to “Respect” with Lyrics (5 minutes) Small group discussions (c. 10-15 minutes) Whole-group share and discussion (20 minutes) Possible extensions (for extra time, or additional lessons) Welcome and Warm-up Welcome students and share any updates, or … “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
This lesson can be used either in a classroom or online. Description: A Missouri middle school put the question “What is your hope?” on a chalkboard outside school before people arrived. They made a video of the ways students and teachers responded to the question. For this session, you can begin with the video (available … What is Your Hope?
This lesson can be used either in a classroom or online. Plot Summary: In this animated short film, a crab is living on a tropical island. When a coconut falls from a palm tree, the crab is alarmed and treats the coconut like a dangerous enemy. The crab cautiously approaches the coconut to investigate and … Trouble in Paradise
This lesson can be used either in a classroom or online. Plot Summary: In this animated short film, a child is sitting inside on a sunny day playing video games. Their mother comes home with a box and suggests they stop playing video games and open the present. Inside the box is a wiggly, excited, … The Present
Plot Summary: The animated short film “Snack Attack” wordlessly portrays an elderly woman inside a train station. After struggling with a vending machine to purchase a packet of cookies, she puts them in her purse and then heads outside to wait for her train. She sits on a bench next to a teenager then picks up … Snack Attack
Plot Summary: In the animated short film “Partly Cloudy,” storks deliver adorable infants of all kinds to homes. We discover that these infants are made by delightful, puffy, and cheerful clouds who work in partnership with their designated delivery stork. One cloud who is less cheerful and “partly cloudy” makes the pricklier infants (alligators, sharks, porcupines, … Partly Cloudy
This lesson can be used either in a classroom or online. Plot Summary: In Jiaqi Emily Yan’s animated short film “Mind Games,” a child sits bored at a school desk, trying to focus on classwork (see Video tab for link to the film). Their brain jumps out of their head, stuffs it with books, and … Mind Games