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.

Rachael Barillari and Cori Dioquino, bring the novel Hatchet and the Wit & Wisdom grade 4 "Extreme Settings" to visceral and sensory life through theater strategies including scene sequence, sense embodiment, the power of punctuation, setting analysis, and improv.

Ephraim Nehemiah and Ryan Fan use a variety of poetic activities and forms to explore what it means to be part of a community, inspired by the Odell Grade 11 or 12 Unit, "Community." At its heart, poetry is an art form that enacts community, as it involves a relationship between the poet and the reader.

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.

Spoken word artist Ephraim Nehemiah worked with Ryan Fan to create this engaging and responsive exploration of the Springboard grade 9 unit on "Compelling Evidence." Using improvised debate, rant poems, and ekphrastic poems, participants will discover how to poetic arguments are a powerful force for communicating arguments through evidence.