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Brenda
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Residencies and Collaborations
Residencies
- A Sense of Place/Communities at Work - 2nd grade, Social Studies
- The Case of the Missing Caribou Bones - 3rd grade, Social Studies
- Once Upon a Time-Monuments & Symbols in Fairy Tales - 2nd grade, English
Language Arts/Social Studies
- The Other Side of the Mirror - 6th grade, English Language Arts
- Signs Along the Way - 6th grade, English Language Arts
- Dreaming of Rivers - 4th grade, Social Studies
- A Patchwork Quilt of my Life - 5th grade, English Language Arts
- In Search of Greatness - 5th grade, English Language Arts
- In Search of My Life - 5th & 6th grades, English Language Arts
- Dreaming of My Ancestors - 5th & 6th grades, English Language Arts
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"Dreaming of Our Ancestors"-Highview Elementary
School, Greenburgh District 7
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- The Land of Purple
Purple teaches essential story development of character, theme, plot,
conflict and resolution. Adapted as a professional development workshop
for teachers and administrators.
Collaborations
- After the Planning Session-With retired educator, Ruth H.
Katz, this workshop addresses the pros and cons of an arts-in-education
residency. Lesson plans and other 'how-to' information provided to participants
- Dawn of a New Beginning, Magical Creatures & Circle Songs,
In Search of Our Gardens-In collaboration with visual artist,
Karen Sevell Greenbaum, this K-12 multi-discipline professional
development art/literacy workshop utilizes guided imagery and music.
Art and literacy are the cornerstones of their workshops, which are
designed to produce drawing, collage and writing poetry, short stories,
monologues and plays. In Search of Our Gardens, a heritage/immigration
workshop utilizes personal memorabilia, photographs and other personal
items to produce a handmade book with poetry and stories.
- A Sense of Place-(a multi-disciplined residency)-P.V.C. Middle
School, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (poetry, fiction, drama, movement, paper
making, visual art-ceramics).
- Out of the Box into the Land of Purple-Professional development
workshop designed for teachers K-12 utilizing guided imagery, music
and movement. This was a collaborative effort with choreographer, Susan
Henle-Christensen.
- Before the Word (a multi-disciplined residency)-P.V.C. Middle
School, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (poetry, fiction, drama, movement, paper
making, visual art-ceramics).
- Children of the Sun/East Meets WestSummer program for literacy-based
after-camp project developed for elementary students. Literature about
northeast Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese cultures shared with students.
- From the Inside Out: Journeys into Family HistoryLiteracy-based
project developed for middle school students. A collaborative effort
with visual artist, Karen Sevell Greenbaum.
- Hidden Journeys (a multi-disciplined approach to the study
of northeast Native American culture)Woodside Elementary School, Peekskill,
NY (poetry and creation of myths, movement, mask making, visual art,
creation of stand-alone panels used as sets during presentation).
- Mysteries Under the Canopy (a multi-disciplined approach
to the study of the rainforest)-Uriah Hill Elementary School, Peekskill,
NY (poetry, movement, mask making, book making, visual art-mural).
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