For Educators

By using broadcasting tools and techniques to deliver educational programs to students who cannot gather in classrooms, or by producing a television program that keeps viewers rooted in our shared culture, Articulate has embraced the limitations of this moment to serve others living through it.

Our new Articulate educator guides are designed for use in both physical and virtual high school classrooms. Use the search below to find guides by subject matter or artistic medium. Each guide includes step-by-step instructions for lesson preparation and delivery, as well as optional extensions utilizing even more Articulate artist profiles. New plans will be uploaded periodically, so check back often.

We also encourage arts and other educators to use the robust search functions of the Articulate video library. The length of the artist profile segments and web extras—most are four to 15 minutes—make them ideal in/out-of-class lesson supplements. Motivate your students with tales of technique, tenacity, and triumph.

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  • Art
  • ELA
Art as Service
In this lesson, students explore the arts as a tool for sharing stories, information, and historical realities in ways that can build community and create awareness about and have an impact on social issues. They explore areas where art might drive change to envision artistic strategies that would make that change happen.
Art as Service
  • Art
  • Civics
  • ELA
Taking a Stand Through Art
In this lesson, students explore how art can be a tool for addressing and taking action on social justice issues. They examine the various ways artists across genres create messages to encourage awareness and engagement that affect social change. Students consider issues of importance in their community or the world at large to ideate an arts-based solution.
Taking a Stand Through Art
  • ELA
  • Science
Responding to the Built Environment: An Emotional Interaction
In this lesson, students examine the relationship between architectural design and the human experience to recognize how it influences the shape of the built environment. Learners explore this intersection by assessing an architectural structure in their immediate community to determine whether a new design or a redesign would make it more human centered as well as imaginative, innovative, and distinctive.
Responding to the Built Environment: An Emotional Interaction
  • Art
  • ELA
Spoken Word Poetry: Dramatic Expression Out Loud
In this lesson, students explore what spoken word is and the elements that frame its messaging. They analyze the work of spoken word artists to recognize how its unique structure and approach bring important issues to light publicly with emotional intensity. Students try their hand at developing spoken word poetry that highlights topics and issues that are meaningful to them.
Spoken Word Poetry: Dramatic Expression Out Loud