| Cuyahoga River Stories instructs students in life along the river; including The Glacier Period, Native Americans, Canal Stories and the Underground Railroad. As artist-in-residence, my taks was to incorporate art into students' curriculum. Students first met me in the forest. I was dressed as Harriet Tubman and talked to them about my travels.. When we next met, students and I improvised on a drama titled The Lost Children, a story of an extended family of enslaved people escaping along the Underground Railroad. Because of their work in the drama, students began to understand themes such as problem solving, overcoming obstacles, working together for the greater good, facing fears, and questioning injustice. Using materials left to us by Mother Nature on the forest floor, students built monuments to honor Harriet Tubman and other American heroes, who left us this noble legacy. Below are examples of these monuments. CLICK on LINKED IMAGES to see further explanations and works in progress. |
Entering the Valley of
Death
Death
| CONNECTIONS |
OF LIFE
The North
Star
Star
