Journal Time

Journaling is a big part of the Living History curriculum for all of our student groups, regardless of age. We like to use it as a time to promote creativity, meditation, a quiet space for our students to inspire themselves, work on ideas and have a few minutes of totally unstructured, do as you will time.

Below are some photos from recent journal time. Our high school students have been playing with new image making techniques, learning about creating ‘artists books’. On occasion, we’ll bring something in to inspire our elementary students as well - in this case, some fall leaves were all they needed to run wild!

Día de los Muertos

Our students have been working on some really cool Day of the Dead projects this past week. This is one of our favorite themes - a great springboard to teach students about cultures, symbolism, cycles in nature, Mexican and Aztec history, etc.



Students are cutting their own papel picado, and learned about graphic designer Jose Posada and his drawings in Mexico 100 years back that influenced much of the Día de los Muertos imagery we see today.



They are creating their own calveras, putting their own personal cultural spins on them. So far, we’ve seen a few with ipods, one with a helmet to represent skateboarding, a student who is into drawing who gave his pencils for teeth, another student of Japanese heritage gave his the rice hat that is grandfather wears.



Watch for more photos as the students begin to complete their projects!