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.

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.

Teaching Artist Cori Dioquino and BAIP Manager Rachael Barillari use theater strategies create a culture of belonging through the grade 3 Wit & Wisdom unit "The Sea." Students will learn how to physicalize sea creatures, their traits, and environment, bringing this vibrant unit to dramatic and joyful life.

Use theater strategies to activate students' imagination in the grade 5 Wit & Wisdom "Cultures in Conflict." Participants will learn how to lead a "Viewpoints" theater activity, discover how to incorporate props into the classroom, and practice character-specific speeches and monologues.

Lindsay Winand and Kammeran Tyree Giggers use improvisation to create a theater-based arts integrated overlay for the grade 2 SABES Unit "What Do Plants Need." Students will delve into the basic needs of plants and pollinators through tableaux, "Yes, And" exercises, and a visually rich approach to the Driving Question Board.

Bring the study of plants and animals to life with teaching artist Mitch Harris! Students explore biomimicry and adaptation through music, movement, theater, and visual art. Aligned with SABES Grade 1 "The Wonders of Life" Unit.

Through these art-integrated resources in alignment with the Wit & Wisdom Grade 8 "The Great War" by teaching artist Mitch Harris and Baltimore City teacher 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.

Linda Whelihan and Sarah Aguda time-travel through American history in this arts-integrated exploration of the Wit & Wisdom Kindergarten Unit, 'America, Then and Now.' With demonstrations of image transfer, zine creation, and spokespuppets using recycled materials, these lesson plans and materials will help you bring students' study of the past to vivid life.