A fundamental foundation of art needs to be taught to our students. They need to understand the elements of design. These become the major tools in creative thinking and problem solving. Art encompasses all curriculum areas - geometry, math, reading, social studies, geography, history, and science. Most importantly, art is the conscience or mirror to our society.
Students are honest about what they are seeing in our society.
I feel we need to give them the tools to effectively communicate their views, ideas, and hopefully, solutions to challenges in our society. I want to teach the children to learn how to learn and how to learn about the world around us. They will create a book which will express each student's feelings about what it means to them. This book will be kept in our library for others to read. It will also include photographs of the creation of the mural.