Bringing Imagination Making to Study Skills Improves Information Retention
This semester, Teaching Artist LaVonna Varnado-Brown worked with a study skills class that had teachers that were both committed and excited about their KID smART creative arts residency. We used a combination of creative dramatic exercises and social emotional learning techniques in each co teaching session.
Portraits of Emmett Till: An Arts-Integrated Lesson in Social Studies
Explore how eighth graders at Hynes Lakeview used art to honor Emmett Till and deepen their understanding of Civil Rights history.