After-school program

This is a short video showing part of the field experience for the Introduction to Urban Education course during the May, 2008 semester.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkaVs92KKw
As part of this experience the TCNJ pre-service teachers developed four curriculum components. These components were dance, cooking, and arts and crafts. Students were divided into four groups and participated in a different activity each day. It was decided to have two distinct art groups instead of just one because funding for the school's art program had recently been cut and the students do not have the opportunity to engage with artistic projects. The first arts group created scrapbooks using pictures of their peers. The second art group created paper mache pinatas. The dance group learned three types of routines -- Latin, Chinese, and Middle Eastern. Finally, the cooking group made homemade salsa, desserts, smoothies and pizza.