Research Project

ENG 782 Research Project –

Artistic Play – Connecting with Alienated Students in High School English Classes

The characteristics that mark the Dada movement – anti-establishment negativity, randomness, humor, irrationality and nonsense - have the potential to reach students who feel out of place in a traditional, classically centered high school English classroom. The project will examine some aspects of Dadaism that might appeal to those young people, as well as a look at some of the student traits that might correspond to them.  The paper will also include some potential classroom projects and their applicability to common core standards.

Preliminary Outline:

1. Making The Case for Differentiated Literature in the Crowded Curricular Agenda

2. Overview of Dada framed in the perspective of applications in the high school setting

a.     Background of the movement

b.     Specific characteristics, artists, pieces relevant to/appropriate for high school students

c. Modifications - yes or no

3. Some Characteristics of Alienated Students

d.     Urban settings

e.     Multiculturalism

f.      Learning styles

g.     Disabilities

4. Common Core Standards

h.     Fitting non-standard literature into classroom instruction

5. Potential Projects, Praxis, Applications

6. Summary

Preliminary Resources

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/01/16/codrescu Dada in the Classroom

http://dramateachersnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/lesson-lovenotes-teaching-dada-performance-art/  Teaching Dada Performance Art

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/dada_student_guide.pdf  Student Dada Guide – National Gallery, Washington

http://www.dadart.com/dadaism/dada/index.html Dada refernce site with links to a multitude of sites and resources

http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/dada MoMa Research Project

http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/bitstream/handle/1951/6635/mack.pdf?sequence=1

The Art of Teaching and Teaching with Art: Using Avant-garde Art to Foster Active Learning in the Classroom Chris Mack
, State University of New York at Oswego

http://charlotteteachers.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/10.07.05_copy.pdf

Who says that’s Modern? Making use of Primary Sources in Art History, Elizabeth Lasure

http://www.springerlink.com.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/content/0042-0972/ UWM Computer Only Title: A critical view of urban literacy : A case study of successful high school English teachers Source: The Urban review [0042-0972] Rogers yr:1994 vol:26 iss:3 pg:173 -185

http://content.epnet.com.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/pdf19_22/pdf/2006/TIP/01Sep06/24697866.pdf?T=P&P=A Stephanie Power Carter, “She Would’ve Still Made That Face Expression”: The Use of Multiple Literacies by Two African American Young Women

http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/stn_ela-tchingandlrng Common Core English Standards - WI DPI