Explore the 13 Colonies through designing a map & composing a free-verse poem.

Create a visual timeline to illustrate key events of the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1896) and elaborate on main ideas by creating simple songs.

Otis Eldridge, Music Educator and Sarah Aguda, Arts Integration Specialist, provide students with rich arts experiences that directly target the skills needed in poetry writing. These overlays are intentionally designed to partner with existing lessons, building student ability to read, understand, write, and speak their poetry aloud in a powerful, meaningful way.

Through these art-integrated resources in alignment with the Wit & Wisdom Grade 8 "The Great War" by teaching artist Mitch Harris and Baltimore educator Shar Hampton, students not only experience WWI through the eyes of a soldier at the time of the text, All Quiet on the Western Front, but they also explore strategies, experiences, and artworks that make the lessons from 110 years ago relevant to their lives today.