ABC (Arts in Basic Curriculum)

The Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) Project provides leadership to achieve quality, comprehensive arts education (dance, music, media arts, theatre, visual arts and creative writing) for all students in South Carolina.

Animal Moves | Choreographing to Carnival | Carnival of Animals Lesson Plan

Animal Moves | Choreographing to Carnival | Carnival of Animals Lesson Plan

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

In this lesson, students explore the relationship between music, movement, and animal behavior through Carnival of the Animals. After listening to selected suites, students analyze movement qualities...

Voices on Cloth: Quilting for the Classroom: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Voices on Cloth: Quilting for the Classroom: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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...

Voices on Cloth: The Quilt of Consciousness: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Voices on Cloth: The Quilt of Consciousness: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Peggie uses quilting to bring out complex ideas centered on social justice & racial discrimination.

Voices on Cloth: The Art of Quilting: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Voices on Cloth: The Art of Quilting: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Peggie shares her story and how she has used quilting to tell stories.

The Colors of Earth: Making Paint from Plants: Kristy Bishop | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

The Colors of Earth: Making Paint from Plants: Kristy Bishop | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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...

The Colors of Earth: Cassava and Clay Resist Dyeing with Indigo: Kristy Bishop | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

The Colors of Earth: Cassava and Clay Resist Dyeing with Indigo: Kristy Bishop | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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...

The Colors of Earth: Indigo Dyeing and its Role in SC: Kristy Bishop | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

The Colors of Earth: Indigo Dyeing and its Role in SC: Kristy Bishop | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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...

I Am Gullah Geechee: Chilenia Jamison | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

I Am Gullah Geechee: Chilenia Jamison | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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...

Show Don't Tell: Chilenia Jamison | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Show Don't Tell: Chilenia Jamison | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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...

The Gullah Culture Unveiled: Chilenia Jamison | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

The Gullah Culture Unveiled: Chilenia Jamison | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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.