Art Inspires Healing Curriculum

This curriculum was written by the teachers at Whitehall-Coplay High School, in Whitehall, PA. Their students create quality art in diverse mediums for the Hope & Healing Juried Art Show, which can be viewed in our Gallery. The teachers work as a team to complement each other in presenting the material and therefore the students have a better understanding of the importance of art and healing and how to translate that message into their work. All art from the show is donated to local healthcare facilities for placement in patient rooms, treatment areas, and any location where patients or caretakers spend time waiting and healing.

Art	Lesson 1 – Community of Cranes for Hope
	Lesson 2 – Healing Self Portrait
	Lesson 3 – Painting with Scissors
English	Lesson 1 – Concrete Poem
	Lesson 2 – Contemporary Art Poem
	Lesson 3 – Photo Essay
Math	Lesson 1 – Mandalas & Geometry
	Lesson 2 – Modeling Quantities
	Lesson 3 – The Connections between Math & Literature
Science	Lesson 1 – Cancer Through the Years
	Lesson 2 – Cancer Treatments
	Lesson 3 – What Type of Music Heals You
Social Studies	Lesson 1 – The Melancholia of Abraham Lincoln
	Lesson 2 – History’s Healing Words
	Lesson 3 – Early American Healing and Medicine
	Lesson 4 – F.D.R.’s Fireside Chats

Thank you to those who have made this project possible. The high school teachers at Whitehall-Coplay School District who wrote the Curriculum: Danny Moyer, Art; Jason Grear, English; Karen Schwartz, Math; Annamarie O’Neill, Science; and Tim Cahalan, Social Studies. This project was made possible by funding from the Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation, The Rider-Pool Foundation, and Healing Through The Arts, Inc.