ELEMENTARY
Focus on Patterns
Students create artwork of animals, using patterns.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 1 Length 14:56
The Elements of Drama
Students dramatize characters during the Creative Process.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 1 Length 6:24
Orff Instruments
Students play Orff instruments as background music for a story.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 1 Length 8:57
Two-Dimensional Art in Science
Students use visual arts to enhance the study of simple machines.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grades 1–2 Length 17:49
Body Movement and Space
Students learn about the first two elements of dance.Watch or download now | Dance | Grades 1–2 Length 17:43
Interpreting Poetry
Students use dance to enhance their study of poetry.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 2 Length 13:14
Pitch Through Patterning
Students develop an awareness of the musical element "pitch".Watch or download now | Music | Grades 1–2 Length 13:35
Mixing Mediums
Students create artwork, using a variety of mediumss.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 2 Length 12:04
Animal Legends
Students use traditional techniques to draw an animal and then write a legend about the animal.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 3 Length 9:36
Musical Interpretation of Poetry
Students write poetry based on a colour, and perform their piece with musical accompaniment.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 3 Length 13:24
Rhythmic Clapping
Students practise a variety of clapping activities.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 3 Length 12:04
Moving to the Beat
Students move to rhythm in poems and verses.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 4–5 Length 10:54
Creating Mythical Creatures
Students create their own mythical creatures, using shapes.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 5 Length 12:41
Expressing Meaning Using Multimedia Techniques
Students create artwork based on their study of Canadian government.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 5 Length 11:30
Exploring Symmetry
Students use their bodies to practise the concept of symmetry.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 5 Length 10:21
Student Peer Feedback
Peers offer feedback to each other as they write their own rhythmic composition.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 5 Length 13:13
The Story of an Artwork
Students discuss famous works of art.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grades 5–6 Length 15:10
Connecting with Measurement
Students learn about the elements of design – line and proportion.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 6 Length 11:05
Integrating First Nation Teachings
Students create a piece of art using First Nation teaching as inspiration.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 6 Length 14:08
The Elements of Dance
Students use dance to explore the four elements – air, water, fire and earth.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 6 Length 11:04
Expressing Emotions
Students use inclusion and exclusion vocabulary words to create movement.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 6 Length 16:17
Expression Through Movement
Students use movement to represent science and history concepts.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 6 Length 12:50
Exploring the Creative Process
Students use improvisation to discuss character education.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 6 Length 16:04
World Explorers
Students role play explorers during a social studies unit.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 6 Length 14:25
Composing a Musical
Students collaborate to create different elements of a musical.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 6–7 Length 14:23
Cultural Dances
Students learn dances from a variety of cultures.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 7 Length 10:52
Boomwhackers
Working in small groups, students create ostinatos, using simple instruments.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 7 Length 14:54
The Production Process
Students work together to perform and produce a play.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 7 Length 13:47
Drawing to Music
Students experiment with drawing to different types of music.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grades 7–8 Length 12:33
Exploration of Mediums
Students explore traditional artwork and examine how First Nations' culture can be intertwined with artistic exploration and creation.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grades 7–8 Length 13:06
Band Foundations
Students participate in an intermediate level concert band.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 7–8 Length 14:23
Music and Technology
Students use software to compose an original piece of music.Watch or download now| Music | Grades 7–8 Length 14:24
Creating an Installation
Students create an installation art piece based on their field trip to Toronto.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 8 Length 15:51
Creative Movement
Students create movement pieces to discuss global issues.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 8 Length 12:07
Dramatizing Social Interactions
Students create their own dramatizations, using excerpts from a play.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 8 Length 12:01
SECONDARY
Engaging Boys in the Arts
Students become re-engaged in school through participating in a student-driven visual arts program.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 9 Length 16:59
Social Issues Community Project
Students create a mixed media display to represent various social issues.Watch or download now | Media Arts | Grade 9 Length 13:24
Masks and Myths
Students write and perform original myths.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 9 Length 12:37
The Myth of Persephone
Students participate in drama activities related to a Greek myth.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 9 Length 17:14
Composing a "Symphony"
Students work collaboratively to create a "symphony," using a variety of instruments.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 9–12 Length 16:46
Creating a Digital Identity
Students use technology to create art.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grade 10 Length 10:34
A Boys' Dance Class
A boys-only dance program helps students explore the "maleness" of dance.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 10 Length 14:39
Photography
Students collaboratively create artwork, using stop motion animation.Watch or download now | Media Arts | Grade 10 Length 8:09
Improvisation Activities
Students play improv games and participate in improvised scenes.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 10 Length 16:59
Drama and Literacy
English language learners express themselves through drama.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 10 Length 11:06
Woodland Style Artwork
Students use traditional techniques to create artwork.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grades 10–11 Length 17:15
Concert Band
Students participate in a senior level concert band.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 11 Length 8:07
Exploring Non-Traditional Sounds
Students explore non-traditional sounds on their stringed instruments.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 11 Length 13:31
Exploring Vocal Warm-ups
Working in small groups, students create vocal warm-ups.Watch or download now | Music | Grade 11 Length 9:56
Interpreting Modern Dance Vocabulary
Students create presentations based on the ideas of swing, suspend, fall, and oppositional pull.Watch or download now | Dance | Grade 11 Length 17:30
Multi-Sensory Post-Modern Art
Students use a variety of media to explore and assemble as post-modern sculptures.Watch or download now | Media Arts | Grade 11 Length 7:23
Getting into Character
Students learn to think in-role in preparation for character role play.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 11 Length 8:57
Skateboards: An Integrated Unit
Students use skateboards as a focus for their learning.Watch or download now | Visual Arts | Grades 11–12 Length 13:10
Keyboard Improvisation
Students are challenged to create improvised pieces using a keyboard.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 11–12 Length 14:14
Integrating Music with Business Studies
Students discuss how to market a musician to the public.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 11–12 Length 14:22
One World Youth Arts Project
Students use technology to record and edit their own pieces of music.Watch or download now | Music | Grades 11–12 Length 10:38
Drama Performance
Students learn how to teach drama while creating their own drama production.Watch or download now | Drama | Grade 12 Length 14:33