These materials were created by Sam and Siobhan, Baltimore City Art Teachers, in support of students having a vivid and meaningful writing experience with Wit & Wisdom Grade 6 "A Hero's Journey." Engage with image analysis and visual annotation, map making, tableau, and archetype design to increase engagement in your classrooms and bring the monomyth genre to life.

Learn the five themes of geography through engaging artworks, simple, hands-on materials, and comic creation with educators Allisun Thompson and Jenna Porter.

Linda Whelihan and Sarah Aguda celebrate the many characteristics of animals in this arts-integrated exploration of the Wit & Wisdom Grade 1 Unit, "Creature Features." Using puppetry, movement exercises, and the creation of animal trading cards, this course will help students both engage deeply with the assigned texts and relish their roles as scientific explorers.

Baltimore artist Alyssa Fenix and city teacher Vesna Grujicic worked with the Springboard grade 10 unit, "Voices in Synthesis," creating arts integrated activities that guide students to advocate for themselves, others, and issues of importance to them. Students will be empowered to see their voices as essential in making change, and use them in visual art activities to state claims and arguments.

Baltimore artist Alyssa Fenix worked with Vesna Grujicic to integrate arts into Odell grade 9, "Who Changes the World?." Students will about change agents and activism through creating one pagers, concept maps, collage poems, word art, blackout poetry, political cartoons, and murals.

Dan and Claudia Zanes, together with Rachael Barillari, explore the literal and figurative power of the heart, aligned with the Wit & Wisdom Grade 4 unit, "A Great Heart." They use songwriting, music, and movement to guide students in learning experiences that support the development of healthy, courageous, and compassionate young people.

Inspired by the Wit & Wisdom grade 7, "Language and Power," the creative trio of Diamond Gray, Noelle Tolbert, and Gena Proctor introduce arts-integrated activities to support students' background knowledge and understanding of the Russian Revolution. These practices will aid students as they read and reflect on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Baltimore artist Alyssa Fenix worked with Vesna Grujicic to integrate arts into Odell grade 9, "Who Changes the World?." Students will learn about change agents and activism by creating one pagers, concept maps, collage poems, word art, blackout poetry, political cartoons, and murals.

Join arts integration specialist Clare Grizzard and dance and movement instructor Noelle Tolbert as they bring embodied learning to this kindergarten unit on forces of motion!