Open Source Lesson Plans and Activities

UNC Asheville’s Department of Education, Haywood Street Congregation, Stephens-Lee Community Center, and Educators from Asheville City and Buncombe County Schools collaborated to create lesson plans and activities related to the Haywood Street Fresco. The goal is to provide accessible open source lessons and activities for use by schools and community members.

Funding for the Fresco Summer Institute provided by UNC Asheville, Teachers Helping Teachers Grant, Asheville City Foundation, and Buncombe County Foundation.

“Haywood Street Congregation Fresco Open Source Lesson Plans,” created by the following educators, are licensed under a *CC BY 4.0 license.

Author & CollaboratorSpecialty Area Participating Agency
Mindy McCormickArtAsheville City Schools
Kris ShriverArtAsheville City Schools
Ariel RobinsonEnglish Asheville City Schools
Jenny ZimmermanEnglishBuncombe County Schools
Ben GrahamHistory & CivicsBuncombe County Schools
Jessica WilliamsHistory & CivicsAsheville City Schools
Angel RedmondCommunity LiaisonStephens-Lee Community Center
Dr. Gene ArnoldProject SponsorHaywood Street Congregation
Dr. Tiece RuffinProject SupervisorUNC Asheville
Rebecca BodenheimerProject CoordinatorUNC Asheville
April NanceCongregation CoordinatorHaywood Street Congregation

Website Outline and Curriculum Guide 

Pre  Activities

  1. Generating Curiosity – Question Formulation Technique
  2. Personal Journal Questions and Quotes
  3. Jigsaw 
  4. Theirs Is the Kingdom Documentary Viewing Guide

Field Trip Activities

  1. Agenda Rotation/Itinerary 
  2. Photo Journal
  3. Art Investigation

Post Activities

  1. Choice Board
  2. Painting with Clay
  3. Writing Letters of Advocacy

This interdisciplinary curriculum centers on the Haywood Street Fresco, Stephens-Lee High School, and the James Vester Miller Walking trail in Asheville, NC. Through art and history, we will explore the stories of Black Ashevillians from the past and the stories of current residents of Asheville. We will experience where their stories and our stories meet and respond to how we can move through the current struggles of today to make racial and economic justice a reality for our city of Asheville.

On this website, you will find a variety of valuable lessons for secondary students and teachers organized into pre-activities, field trip activities (during), and post-field-trip activities. We also provide resources for volunteer opportunities and further exploring topics emphasizing social justice within the local community. Students will view art, read various texts, and then go on a field trip to downtown Asheville to view the fresco, murals, and historical landmarks. Upon return from the field trip, students will create products to demonstrate their learning throughout the project. The post-field trip activities section of the website includes a choice board with nine assessment choices and other possibilities for final projects. While this curriculum is written with high school students in mind, many lessons may be adapted for middle school students. All classes and activities are aligned with state and national standards listed below.

When we truly see each other and hear each other’s stories, we can start to view others as our neighbors, and we can work together to transform the community and the world into a more just place.  

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*CC BY 4.0 ATTRIBUTION Deed:

You are free to:

  1. Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
  2. Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
  3. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

  1. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  2. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Notices:

  • You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
  • No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

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