Lesson Plans - Understanding Refugee Worlds Through the Arts

Here is a link to our week long lesson plan (Google Doc). Please feel free to comment and share and ideas you may have!

Engagement on the Blog-Bridge

I know that we have been communicating mostly by email - but let's try to move over the blog for these next couple of weeks. Give one another feedback - respond to requests for feedback. In general explore communication on the blog and "leave a trail" of process and knowledge for others who might want to explore this model in the future. So visit each others personal blogs and also look at each others lesson plans and give feedback!

Who will represent your workshop at the banquet and the talent show on July 15? Let's brainstorm together here on blog-bridge!

Each group will offer a 2-3 minute arts-based global presentation at the Banquet and also at the Talent Show on Friday. For some groups, students will work in small groups and in other groups students will work individually. Let's brainstorm together on how we will come up with who will represent each group. On Friday I imagine that you will schedule students to present for each other in your individual groups. (remember the Friday session is shorter 12:15-1:15pm) These presentations will give banquet and talent show attendees a taste of arts-based global learning. Let's hold this brainstorming session on the blog-bridge. Who wants to start!!

Friday July 15 12pm: Join us for lunch by Sofra Cafe!

You are warmly invited to join the students and other Balfour staff at a special lunch on Friday July 15th. 

The meal will be catered by Sofra Cafe - and it will feature the same cuisine as at the facilitator training in May. The lunch will be at 12pm in the Grand Hall of the Neal Marshall Culture Center. 

PLEASE RSVP RIGHT HERE ON THIS PAGE BY COMMENTING! 

The Humans of New York Project

Humans of New York (HONY) is a blog/ Photography project and now a bestselling book featuring street portraits and interviews collected on the streets of New York City. http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ This can be a very good educational resource for promoting a deeper understanding of people from diverse populations, cultures, communities, class, creed and crises. It is also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/?hl=en

Lesson Plan for Peace Through Art

Group 3: Movement - Link to Draft Lesson Plans

Hello All,

Here is the link to our draft lesson plans for the week on google docs.  We've also included some resources and notes in the appendix.

LINK: Group 3: Movement - Lesson Plans

Plans for the Week

Hi everyone,

In case it's helpful, Ashley and I have a draft of our lesson plans for the week. You can look at them on our google doc here.

Enjoy!

Lesson Planning_Movement

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1naDB0Tc1pViWOvtg-NfWKj12eIkh1T6kVsPCYIZhzjI/edit

GALACTIC Workshop Supplies and Deadlines

Thanks again for your work on workshop titles and descriptions. Of course you may continue to tweak these as you work together, however, today Christina sent out the preliminary titles and descriptions for students to consider as they sign up for their sessions. 

VERY IMPORTANT DEADLINE: Estafani requested supply lists from your groups - and we also need to know which groups want to reserve technology (iPAD or laptop) carts. Please send this information to Estafani by this FRIDAY, JUNE 10th @ 5PM. After Friday, we will release the technology carts we have reserved so that others in the School of Education can use them. Also, if FOOD items will be a part of your lesson plan "supplies,"  please include those before Fridayso that Christina can submit a hospitality order.

 

TSHIRT SIZE Please send us your Size for your Balfour TSHIRT by Friday.

BANQUET RSVIP  If you will be attending the banquet (Friday July 15 A@ 4-6pm, please let us know. 

PHOTOS We would love a photo or two related to your group focus to include in the blog slide show. 

DAILY LESSON PLANS Most groups are beginning to work on the daily activities and lesson plans. Please let us know if you need any input -- and I encourage everyone to pitch in and give each other advice and feedback. BTW - check out Oliver's comment regarding the working title for his group's workshop - and give him a response. You can see this comment by clicking on the Movement tab. 

Life is Water, Life is Words

Water is necessary for life. 

You could say words are, too. 

In this session, we’ll be exploring the role of water in the world and in our own lives. We’ll study global struggles over water and discuss the ways we might experience similar issues. And we’ll delve into our own observations and ideas through writing to create poetic performances about water, struggle, and personal power.

Life is Water, Life is Words: Draft plans for Day 1

Monday

1.  (3 min) Hellos. Briefly introduce session and facilitators.

2.  (15 min) Ice breaker(s)

1. Name Circle plus object: The group sits in a circle - with facilitators (Ashley and Alex) interspersed among them. One person says their name and an object they’ll bring to [what?]. Each person then says the name and object of all the people who’ve gone before them, adding their name and object at the end. (That’s Sarah, and she’s bringing soup. This is Ashley, and she’s bringing an aardvark. I’m Alex, and I’m bringing ashes.)
2. Circle: “I am/have…” everyone who does, rotates, till last person standing.

3. Intro to water politics:

1. How many of you regularly think about water? Has anyone been in a situation where good, clean water was scarce?
2. We’re going to think this week about the role of water in the world, learn a bit about how people around the world struggle over water issues, and share stories about the role of water, struggle, and power in our lives.

4. Flint.

1. Ask: How many of you have heard about the Flint water crisis? What do you know about it?
2. Share some background on it. Brief history of Flint, focus on race and economics. And water crisis itself. (Powerpoint? A few images?)
3. Show this performance: “5 Students Slam Poetry Is Exactly Flint Michigan Water Crisis” (2:15). Or this one (but probably not. Bad video quality.)
4. Share article saying Flint’s water is safe.

5. Blackout poetry on Flint.

1. Using a section of the City of Flint’s 2014 Annual Water Quality Report, black out words until you have a new text. (Show sample.) Work with partner or individually.
2. Share out.

6. Discussion.

1. What does this event have to do with identity? Race? Gender? Age? Geography? Could this have happened anywhere?

7.  Writing personal connections

1. Need prompt.
2. Share out.

Title Suggestions

I've noticed that the other groups make some mention of art-based activities in their titles. What do you think of doing the same with our title. What do you think about the title Arts of Movement versus our original title Movement? 

Course Description: Movement

Second Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal, our fast-paced and chaotic world is always moving. Ever wonder why? In this workshop, we will explore a particular form of human movement - forced migration. Drawing on examples from the past and the present, we will discuss how people use the arts ​(music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to deal with the difficult conditions that come with displacement and we will draw parallels to ​our own experiences and those of our neighbors.

First Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal our fast paced world is always moving; Ever wonder why? We all move for different reasons, political, social or even to survive. In this workshop, we will explore reasons from both the past and present. We will discuss how people have used the arts (music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to negotiate and demonstrate the difficult conditions that come with forced migration, and we will draw parallels to students' everyday experiences.

Second Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal, our fast-paced and chaotic world is always moving. Ever wonder why? In this workshop, we will explore a particular form of human movement - forced migration. Drawing on examples from the past and the present, we will discuss how people use the arts ​(music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to deal with the difficult conditions that come with displacement and we will draw parallels to ​our own experiences and those of our neighbors.

First Draft

Course Title: Movement

Movement is something we all do. Whether it is physical or societal our fast paced world is always moving; Ever wonder why? We all move for different reasons, political, social or even to survive. In this workshop, we will explore reasons from both the past and present. We will discuss how people have used the arts (music, dance, poetry, painting, cartoons) to negotiate and demonstrate the difficult conditions that come with forced migration, and we will draw parallels to students' everyday experiences.

An Unraveling World: Looking at Refugees Through the Creative Arts

An Unraveling World: Looking at Refugees Through the Creative Arts

Imagine tomorrow you are forcibly torn away from the place you call home and leaving family and friends behind. This session will explore what being a refugee means. We will explore how refugees in different parts of the world experience challenges, difficulties, hopelessness and vulnerability, while starting a new life. Through drawing, creative writing, and drama we will enter the refugee world, a world that is hard to escape. 

Alexis's Edits and Suggestions

Hi Group 2! I've added and reworked some of the material. Feel free to revert back to Mina's or accept some of these changes.

Here is my suggestion:

Title: Mind, Body, and Voice: Expressions of Self and Community around the World

This session provides fruitful experiences that can help students strengthen their local identities and broaden and widen their perspectives on cultural diversity with a variety of artistic performances such as singing, acting, and video making. From oral history in Africa to activist movements in Pakistan, the focus of this session is to nurture students' capacities to engage with diversity and local traditions while understanding and respecting cultural diversities in different parts of globe.

Peace Through Art (Group 5)

We will explore the multifaceted nature of peace in its positive and negative forms, the processes involved in conflict transformation and how visual and performing arts, media and digital media are created for peacebuilding. This workshop provides an opportunity for students to create a 'conflict transformation through art project' of their choice, whether addressing any personal, interpersonal, communal, local or global conflict and contribute to a dialogue about peace through art. No prior experience in art is required.