Students examine how music unified labor movements during the Industrial Era by analyzing historical protest songs and creating their own using lyrical substitution.

Students explore the Harlem Renaissance through visual art, historical texts, and Blues music by composing and performing an original 12-bar Blues song from a historical perspective.

Students explore the theme of nationalism by analyzing powerful propaganda images and national anthems with teaching artist Mitch Harris and Baltimore City teacher Courtney Young. They then create “fandom” propaganda, write class anthems, & more; engage in a revolutionary role-play game to bring history to life!

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 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.