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Conductor Speaks "Aviary" | Carnival of the Animals In this video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara discusses Camille Saint-Saëns’s movement “Aviary.” The flute is the featured solo instrument, soaring...
Arts in Basic Curriculum
The Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Institute strives to ensure students in South Carolina have access to arts-rich educational opportunities as a core component of curriculum. ABC Institute is cooperatively directed by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Winthrop University.
Mission: strives to ensure students in South Carolina have access to arts-rich educational opportunities as a core component of curriculum.
Core Values:
- Accessibility: We believe every student has a right to the arts.
- Student centered: We believe every student deserves an educational experience that is engaging and empowering.
- Community: We believe that expertise is held within a community.
- Inquiry and innovation: We believe excellence is achieved through continual reflection and growth.
ABC Institute invites educators to contribute lesson plans for publication to both Know It All and the SC Department of Education’s Instruction Hub. If you are interested in submitting your own original lesson for publication, we invite you to submit your proposal here.
ABC Institute is an Arts Grow SC collective network partner. We are funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Conductor Speaks "Wild Horses" | Carnival of the Animals In this video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara discusses Camille Saint-Saëns’s movement “Wild Horses.” This energetic movement features two...
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Conductor Speaks "Fossils" | Carnival of the Animals In this video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara discusses Camille Saint-Saëns’s movement “Fossils.” Although not centered on a specific animal, Saint...
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Conductor Speaks "Aquarium" | Carnival of the Animals In this video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara discusses Camille Saint-Saëns’s movement “Aquarium.” This movement introduces the flute and...
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Conductor Speaks "Introduction" | Carnival of the Animals In this introductory video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara provides an overview of Camille Saint-Saëns’s composition The Carnival of the Animals...
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Conductor Speaks "Hens & Roosters" | Carnival of the Animals In this video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara discusses Camille Saint-Saëns’s movement “Hens and Roosters.” This movement features several...
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Conductor Speaks "Swan" | Carnival of the Animals In this video, conductor Morihiko Nakahara discusses Camille Saint-Saëns’s movement “The Swan.” Perhaps the most famous movement from The Carnival of...
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Pianists | Carnival of the Animals In this video, poet Jennifer Bartell Boykin shares her poem paired with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals , Movement XI: Pianists .
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Based on Peggy Hartwell's discussion in the previous lesson, students will follow up with developing a quilt idea of their own, based on an inspirational poem, song, or story. or for younger students...
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The host of this segment interviews a SC quilter of exceptional talent, Peggie Hartwell. They discuss how quilting can be used in the classrooms to help students synthesize complex ideas, emotions and...
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Peggie uses quilting to bring out complex ideas centered on social justice & racial discrimination.
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Peggie shares her story and how she has used quilting to tell stories.
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Humans have been making paints and inks from nature for millennia. Kristy Bishop will demonstrate how to make lake pigments and turn them into paint. A lake is a pigment that has been extracted from a...
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Using cassava (aka yuka or manioc) flour and a clay paste, Kristy Bishop will demonstrate how to apply these mediums to fabric for resist dyeing. Both the cassava and clay can be applied to fabric by...
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Indigo is the rich and beautiful blue dye that comes from the indigo plant. In SC, Indigofera suffruticosa was grown on plantations as a cash crop sold to England during the 18th century. This blue...
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In this video, Nina shares personal accounts of her own life as a Gullah Geechee woman who grew up in Charleston, SC. Students who are not familiar with the Gullah Geechee Culture can experience...
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In this video, Nina uses various forms of kinesthetic/bodily movement to emphasize the history of The Gullah Geechee Culture & the Gullah Geechee Heritage Act. This activity will help students...
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In this video Nina uses dance as a form of teaching and learning for students and teachers to understand the origins of the Gullah Geechee Culture of South Carolina.
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Dancer and choreographer Marielle Richardson gives a quick overview of the history of tap and teaches a paradiddle exercise.
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Dancer and choreographer Marielle Richardson teaches the steps and South Carolina history of the Charleston.
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Dancer and choreographer Marielle Richardson teaches steps and South Carolina history of the Cakewalk.
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Dancer and choreographer Erin Leigh shows how to use the dance elements to create a dance based on the theme of a journey and a solo by choreographer Joyce Tisler with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.
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Dancer and choreographer Erin Leigh shows how to think like a choreographer by creating a dance inspired by animal movement and habitat.
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Dancer and choreographer Erin Leigh leads a simple yoga lesson for all ages to help alleviate stress and inspire mindful movement in the classroom.
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