News for Students and Teacher Resources
6–12 Grade Level
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Teachers with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs created lessons on the importance of public art based on the work of SRL’s teen reporters. Check out these uplifting resources that cut across various disciplines! Continue reading
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Use this PBS lesson plan to learn how the Art Institute of Chicago preserves and repairs thousands of photographs. Continue reading
Lesson Plan
Students will hear from Stanley Nelson, director of “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” who discusses the role social justice plays in documentary filmmaking. Continue reading
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The musician Troy Andrews, known as “Trombone Shorty,” started playing the trombone on the streets of New Orleans at age 4 and led his first band at age 8. Continue reading
Lesson Plan
Two sculptures located in New York City’s Financial District have artists and art appreciators locking horns in a sticky debate about art, commercial intent and public…read more
