Using the Arts to Improve Student Reading Comprehension
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Anne Marie Esposito
District School: NCCVT: Delcastle Technical High School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: art integration, literature, literary techniques, comprehension, film
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: annmarie.esposito@nccvt.k12.de.us
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Foundations for Modeling Functions: A Problem Solving Approach
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Thinking and Reasoning
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Michelle Northshield
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 13.02.07
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: calculus, functions, honors, linear, exponential, constant rate
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: michelle.northshield@redclay.k12.de.us
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Teaching World Rivers through Arts Integration
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Merry Ostehimer
District School: CHRIS: West Park Place Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.07
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: geography, rivers, arts integration, music, movement, drama, environmental science
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: meredith.ostheimer@christina.k12.de.us
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La Frontera: An Application of the Theoretical Perspectives of Sociology
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Barbara Prillaman
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.05
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: sociology, Mexico, La Frontera, Mexican border
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: barbara.prillaman@redclay.k12.de.us
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Is This A Vacation Impossible??Your Dreams Come True as You Experience the?Culture of South America through Music and Dance
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: DeLessa McNair
District School: NCCVT: Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.04
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: CTE, technology, culture, arts integration, art, dance, South America
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: delessa.mcnair@nccvt.k12.de.us
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Engaging Students through Arts Integration:?Bringing Fairy Tales to Life
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Lisa Hertsenberg
District School: COLO: Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.03
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: fairy tales, fractured fairy tales, drama, performance, arts integration
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: lisa.herstenberg@colonial.k12.de.us
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Moving Students from Conjecture to Proof
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Thinking and Reasoning
Fellow number: 13
Fellow name: Kathleen Wilson
District School: NCCVT: St. Georges Vocational High School
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 13.02.13
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: geometry, proofs, inductive and deductive reasoning
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: kathleen.wilson@nccvt.k12.de.us
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Anansi through the Arts
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: David Ostheimer
District School: COLO: Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: art, arts integration, reading comprehension, movement, dance, Anansi, drama
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: david.ostheimer@colonial.k12.de.us
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??Where We Lay Our Scene??: Using Music to Understand Shakespeare?s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Michael Pollock
District School: NCCVT: Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.09
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Romeo and Juliet, music, arts integration, shakespeare, film, adaptation
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: michael.pollock@nccvt.k12.de.us
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Integrating the Arts into the Third Grade Language Arts Curriculum
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Kelly Pharis
District School: RCCSD: Highlands Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: music, arts integration, reading comprehension, movement, dance
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: kelly.pharis@redclay.k12.de.us
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We’re Different and the Same; and That’s Okay. The Navajo Nation- The People, The Culture, The History- Comes to Your Classroom
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Elizabeth Diemer
District School: COLO: Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.01
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: native Americans, Navajo, culture, geography, maps, customs, reading, writing
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: elizabeth.diemer@colonial.k12.de.us
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Illustrating Stories of the American West
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Karen Yarnall
District School: CHRIS: Newark High School
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.07
Primary Subject: Art
Keywords: Western American art, culture, literature, illustrators, folktales, prismacolors
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: karen.yarnall@christina.k12.de.us
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Why to Name Your Daughter Selena: Journeys in Hispanic Identity in the West and the Women We Worship along the Way
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Michael Husni
District School: APPO: Middletown High School
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.03
Primary Subject: World Languages
Keywords: spanish, culture, American West, ACTFL, Mexico, identity
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: michael.husni@appo.k12.de.us
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Teaching the Elements of Art and Principles of Design through Arts Integration
Seminar year: 2013
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Transformative Experiences
Fellow number: 12
Fellow name: Karen Yarnall
District School: CHRIS: Newark High School
Seminar Leader: Lynette Overby
File Name: 13.03.12
Primary Subject: Art
Keywords: elements of art, design principles, line, balance, rhythm
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: karen.yarnall@christina.k12.de.us
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Making A Difference: Every Action Counts
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Environments and Cultures
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Nancy Ventresca
District School: COLO: Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Jack Bartley
File Name: 12.02.06
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: science, interdisciplinary, writing, environment, climate, numeracy, technology
Grade Level: 04 Fourth Grade;05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: nancy.ventresca@christina.k12.de.us
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Exploring, Analyzing and Evaluating the Heroes and Legends of the American West
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Michelle Hilbeck
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: social studies, tall tales, American cowboys, legends, pop culture
Grade Level: 10 Tenth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Fellow Email: michelle.wiedenmann@redclay.k12.de.us
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Safety versus Freedom: The Impact of the USA Patriot Act
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Idea of Liberty
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Christine Freeman Shaub
District School: NCCVT: Howard High School of Technology
Seminar Leader: Eric Rise
File Name: 12.03.05
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: constitution, patriot act, freedom, law, legal studies
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten;01 First Grade;02 Second Grade;03 Third Grade;04 Fourth Grade;05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Fellow Email: christine.shaub@nccvt.k12.de.us
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Silly Coyote: Tricksters are for Kids! Trickster Stories from the American West
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: David Ostheimer
District School: COLO: Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.04
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Native Americans, trickster stories, culture, multicultural stories, comprehension, vocabulary
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Fellow Email: david.ostheimer@colonial.k12.de.us
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Perspectives of the West: Reasons for Migration
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: American West
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Michelle Wyatt
District School: CHRIS: Kirk Middle School
Seminar Leader: Barry Joyce
File Name: 12.01.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: migration, Navajo, migrants, writing, speaking, textual evidence, history
Grade Level: 07 Seventh Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Fellow Email: michelle.wyatt@christina.k12.de.us
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Localized Hydrologic Cycle: Human-Water Cycle Interaction in the Appoquinimink River Watershed
Seminar year: 2012
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Environments and Cultures
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Victoria Deschere
District School: APPO: Louis L. Redding Middle School
Seminar Leader: Jack Bartley
File Name: 12.02.02
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: water, hydrologic cycle, watershed, climate change, Delaware, history
Grade Level: 08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Fellow Email: victoria.deschere@appo.k12.de.us
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