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Students will use acting as a tool for communication. By acting out inventions from the past, students experience history in new ways.
Medium: Theatre
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Character Expression with Tony Fuemmeler
Through games, observation, drawing, and discussion, students will name a number of emotions and find ways these feeling can be expressed and understood in their body and the bodies of others. They will further develop their ideas by creating an imagined character in their body.
Medium: Theatre
Clorotipia: Imprimiendo con Sol y Hojas (Chlorotype: Printing with Sun and Leaves) with Christi Zorrilla & Gonzalo Benavente
Students will explore the artistic process using only drawing, sunlight and tree leaves. Students will learn to select and use materials safely and effectively, choosing those that best communicate their ideas.
Medium: Visual Arts
Collaborative Paper Making with Romana Sena
Students will work together to create recycled paper using their past work from the classroom.
Medium: Visual Arts
Color Magic with Kawika Kalama
Students will create dioramas of reused materials to showcase one of their sacred spaces. Students will develop, explain, and investigate opportunities to be curious, open-minded, and think critically across situations and environments. They will identify a feeling or emotion associated with a place that is sacred to them or a larger community they are a part of. Students will then identify, define, and recognize the choices and contributions in promoting personal, family, and community well-being.
Medium: Visual Arts
Express your style! with Ariadne Grace
Students will learn how flow, gesture and isolation can help their bodies express their feelings to others. They will celebrate and express their unique individuality and ability to connect with others, and then see how their own individuality makes the ‘whole’ more beautiful, affirming their sense of belonging.
Medium: Dance
Folklore Dance with Luciana Proaño
Starting with an individual seed movement, students will collaborate to create a sequence of movements and a full choreography to demonstrate their class culture.
Medium: Dance
I Am Oregon with Crystal Meneses
Students will use observation of nature, self-expression, and empathy to create a poem or song and reflect on that process as part of a larger project that contributes to social change.
Medium: Music
Image Theatre with Jaese Lecuyer
Students will practice using physical expression as a way to create meaning, tell stories, engage in active listening, embrace curiousity, communicate their interpretations of the world around them and collaborate effectively to share ideas, thoughts and feelings.
Medium: Theatre
Line of Place with Jen Hernandez
Students will use a variety of materials and techniques to create artwork that communicates an idea. They will choose an idea to communicate that is unique to them or one that is collective and relates to a larger community. Students will create a composition by choosing between diverse options. They will choose safe ways to use materials and choose materials to make art that best communicate their ideas. Their work will be informed by the place they are from, which holds many stories, cultures and histories.
Medium: Visual Arts
Making Mayan Codices with Medicine Bear: RedStone Serna
Students will use traditional Indigenous art forms to explore and express their thoughts, emotions, and identity through the creation of a personal Codex book. They will reflect on how their intersectional identity shapes their perspectives and create visual representations of these reflections through storytelling and art.
Medium: Visual Arts
Ocean Waves with Jill Giedt
In this module, students will explore the connection between their emotions and the world around them through movement. They will learn to identify various emotions, such as happiness, sadness, anger, and calmness, and express these feelings by associating them with the waves of an ocean—gentle ripples, crashing waves, and calm seas.
Medium: Dance
Rhythm and Motion with Dennis J Dove
Students will learn about rhythm, find their unique rhythm voice, and compose a rhythm beat. Throughout the lesson, students will build a sense of mindfulness and respect for themselves, their peers, and their instruments.
Medium: Music
Ritmos y Tempos con la Danza Azteca with Danza Azteca(Quetzalli Carlos and Jose Carlos)
Students will learn basic dance skills by following the rhythm and tempo of the Aztec drum. Students will learn the steps of Xochitlquetzal (precious flower) dance.
Medium: Dance
Self Expression Thorugh Words with Jolly Wrapper
Students will learn to express their thoughts and emotions creatively by writing and performing their spoken word poetry. They will explore the art of rhythm, rhyme, and storytelling, using their voices and words to communicate their ideas confidently. The focus will be on self-expression, creativity, and collaboration, helping students connect with their peers through the vulnerability of sharing personal poetry.
Medium: Music
Unpunctuated Scenes with Eric Braman
Students will engage in an improv game to practice collaboration through a listening, observation, and response exercise. They will then work on short scenes in pairs to explore how punctuation can change the meaning and tone of a story. The lesson will result in a final performance of a short script that combines the ideas and contributions of the group members.
Medium: Theatre