Connecting To The Past, Taking Action In The Present, Changing The Future
Native Americans in New York Residency: Students try out different physical attributes of several character archetypes as they begin creating their own Pourquoi Tales.
ELA Fairy Tale Writing Residency: A student gets to touch and play Guest Artist Saskia Lane’s upright bass.
ELA Fairy Tale Writing Residency: Student dance party to generate ideas for mood and characters in writing work.
Native Americans in New York Residency: Students after a “Then and Now” walking tour of The Village to see where Natives lived and thrived. They are holding an original illustrated map of the area, created especially for them by Off The Page guest artist Sara Galkin.
Off The Page collaboration with art teacher Suzie Trienen:
Pages from a graphic novel of the fairy tale a class collaboratively wrote with Off The Page.
Figment on Governor’s Island: Scene from Off The Page’s interactive history show as part of the Figment Festival on Governor’s Island. Visitors brought the story of Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss’ race to fly over open water to life.
Year-long Fourth Grade Residency: Student created statues commemorating Memorial Day.
Immigration, Industrialization and Child Labor Residency: A student tries to pass the eye exam at Ellis Island after a long journey over the Atlantic.
ELA Fairy Tale Writing Residency: Exploring all kinds of moods for stories through music.
Civil Rights Movement Residency: Student writing created with classroom teacher after a session with Off The Page covering Jim Crow laws.
Native Americans in New York Residency: Students try out different physical attributes of several character archetypes as they begin creating their own Pourquoi Tales.
Native Americans in New York Residency: Students try out different physical attributes of several character archetypes as they begin creating their own Pourquoi Tales.
ELA Fairy Tale Writing Residency: Off The Page teachers and students use music and homemade instruments to explore mood in fairy tales.