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Worlds of Wonder with Susan Shanley: Dreams of Diversity
Insects in the Amazon, languages in Africa, finches in the Galapagos, artistic styles in China. Diversity expresses itself in a myriad of ways in nature and in the cultures of our world. As your students interact with partner classes in the region of the world you choose, Susan leads them on an artistic exploration of this amazing phenomenon. Choose a curricular connection (culture, art, animals, trees, butterflies, birds, etc.); use your partner classes and OneWorld Classrooms staff (who will travel to schools in the region you are studying) as a source for photos, artwork, information and inspiration; and, with Susan, your students will dive into the wonderful world of diversity and express what they discover in artistic form.
Susan can explore this theme in single workshops, multiple workshops -- or in an extended residency. Discuss your needs with her to determine a curricular focus and a timetable. Optionally, Susan may also explore this theme with students in the context of a Martin Luther King, Jr. unit. To participate OneWorld Classrooms, you must register your class (or classes) separately from booking a school visit with Susan. Visit our home page to learn about project participation options, fees and timetables, then use our online registration form to register. Susan is also available to schools not participating in OneWorld Classrooms. For more information about a school visit: Contact Susan at (518) 581-9250 or sshanley@nycap.rr.com.
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[Right: Detail of Celebration of the Nine Iroquois Clans, a 3-panel movable mosaic created by 26 young people working with Susan -- from corn and 19 kinds of dried beans. Project held at the Ndakinna Wilderness Project, Greenfield Center, NY in 2003. Funding provided by the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Saratoga County Arts Council.] 
Choose an artistic media: dried bean mosaic, paintings, collage, masks or a mural. At the end of the workshop or residency, your students will understand the concept of diversity and have celebrated it through their own art -- and the art of students from another part of the world! 
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