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How About a Kentucky Literature Toolkit? A toolkit-type educational resource focusing on Kentucky books and authors was one of the ideas suggested at the Kentucky Literature Task Force meeting held at KET in August. The meeting brought together a group of writers, teachers, librarians, publishers, avid readers, and viewers of the bookclub@ket series to brainstorm ways KET can support Kentucky literature and make its resources more useful to teachers and the general public. What do you think? Would you use a Kentucky literature toolkit or do you know of teachers who might? Drop us an e-mail at artstoolkit@ket.org with your comments. FYI: Past programs in the bookclub@ket series air on Saturday afternoon at 3:30/2:30 pm CT on KET1; Sunday night at 11:30/10:30 pm CT on KET1; and Tuesday afternoon at 4:30/3:30 pm CT on KET2. Programs can also be viewed online at www.ket.org/bookclub. The bookclub@ket web site has extensive information about Kentucky books, including streaming video of interviews with many authors. Top: George Ella Lyon was one of the authors attending the task force meeting. Bottom: Participants discuss ideas for KET programs on Kentucky literature. An Amazing Year (continued) program along with the Dances from Many Cultures video segments on the Dance DVD helped give students a true look at the dance of the varied cultures in the Core Content. The DVD segment that was most emotionally moving for the students was the Lakota Ghost Dance segment from DanceSense. The majority of students were not aware of why many Native American customs were banned by white settlers. Program Four aided our studies in the Elements of Dance. One simple suggested activity was having the students to explore body shapes in space seated at the desk/tables. They really enjoyed this. 6 ARTSource Fall 2007 KET Storytelling: From Abby to Jack In preparing for our studies in Drama, I chose lesson plans from the Drama Toolkit to strengthen my instruction in storytelling. The first thing I did was to become a character myself. I began the class by becoming “Ms. Abby Gail.” Wearing an old, long, white-and-blue striped dress (borrowed from my mother-in-law), straw hat, my grandfather’s antique horn-rimmed glasses, long strand of pearls, white gloves, and lace socks, and carrying my grandmother’s navy blue antique gold-handle purse and a hand-held mirror, I introduced myself as the daughter of a coal miner who lived in the coal camp where I grew up. The students were enthralled while I was transforming into Ms. Abby Gail! The rest of the year they wanted to know when she was coming back to visit. I then introduced them to Jack Tales. I read them Jack and the Bean Tree and Soldier Jack. The students loved
Now on DVD: KET’s Distance Learning Humanities Class When he was growing up in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, KET humanities teacher Carmen Geraci dreamed of acting in The Legend of Daniel Boone. His childhood ambition was realized years later, when Geraci, now an accomplished pianist, teacher, and actor with a bachelor’s in music and a master’s in English education, joined the cast of the regional drama in his dream role— historian John Filson, the play’s intellectual narrator. The passion for history, literature, and the arts that led Geraci to the stage is shaping his daytime job—expanding and retooling the standards-based high school humanities course offered through KET Distance Learning. This fall, KET launches Humanities Today, Geraci’s new DVD version of what was previously Humanities Through the Arts. Teachers who are just beginning to teach humanities can use the DVDs as a full block or semester class to satisfy state requirements for “History and Appreciation of the Arts.” Humanities Today includes easy-to-follow plans that align with Kentucky’s Core Content as well as the National Standards in the Arts and Humanities. The DVDs also have many features for more experienced teachers. All the lessons are segmented for flexibility, so teachers can use what they want to build their own classes or supplement their instruction. And Geraci has added more interactive elements, including ideas for class discussion and writing, as well as new visuals. Teachers can use the engaging writing prompts to help students find personal connections to topics covered or as the basis for portfolio pieces. Geraci has also expanded the course’s online resources. Geraci has big plans for the future, too. His goal is to bring together all his interests—in the arts, writing, anthropology, and history—to provide “relevant, appealing cross-curricular resources that will be useful for teachers in and out of the humanities classroom.” For more information about Humanities Today, visit the web site www.dl.ket.org or e-mail Carmen Geraci at cgeraci@ket.org or his assistant, Abby Lane, at alane@ket.org. The cost of the new DVD update is $198. To order, call Deborah Harris at (800) 333-9764 or visit the web site. Whether or not they buy the DVDs, teachers who are using the KET Distance Learning humanities materials should register their classes at www.dl.ket.org. Registration is free for Kentucky teachers and ensures compliance with U.S. copyright law. Did you know that Carmen Geraci performs in the Drama Arts Toolkit? He is part of the cast of the Reader's Theater segments on the Aspects of Drama DVD. this; so did I. Their assignment, as suggested in the Drama Toolkit lesson Exploring Jack Tales, was to have someone in their family tell them a story, and then they had to present it orally to class. This was an awesome activity that generated a lot of fun as well as learning. The lesson plans that I worked with in the Drama Toolkit were Exploring Jack Tales, An Introduction to Folktales and Storytelling, Cherokee Storytelling, and Comparing Elements of Production. Throughout these lessons the elements of drama were reinforced along with the major Core Content emphasis on diverse cultures of Appalachia, Native America, and Africa. We watched excerpts on the Storytelling Sampler DVD from the series Telling Tales that further enhanced our study of the traditions of oral storytelling in these cultures. The Arts Toolkit lesson plans are extremely helpful in so many ways. I made copies of the ones I used and put them directly into my lesson plans binder. I then highlighted the areas that applied to my instruction. I know that, without the toolkits and the KET web site to aid me, I would have truly struggled in bringing forth meaningful instruction in dance and drama. Thankfully, due to the toolkits’ guidance, collaboration with my colleagues, and my constant diligence to provide a high level of learning for my students, my efforts and my students’ efforts showed results. The art and humanities scores for the fifth grade at Johns Creek School during the 2006-2007 school year are 112.53. Isn’t that amazing! How do you use the Arts Toolkits? Send your stories and usage tips to artstoolkit@ket.org. KET Fall 2007 ARTSource 7
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