hispanic heritage month - Ellington Arts Block Blog - Ellington Arts Museum2024-03-28T15:07:28Zhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/feed/tag/hispanic+heritage+monthIn the Classroom: Celebrating Culture Through Dance Compositionhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/celebrate-culture-through-dance-composition2020-10-27T15:36:29.000Z2020-10-27T15:36:29.000ZEllington Arts! Museumhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/ellington_arts_members/About<div><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/472634543?byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong>Dance Composition</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Lesson Plan by Duke Ellington School of the Arts faculty alumna, Ms. Nikki Sutton-Mackey of the Dance Department</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Overview & Purpose:</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Try this fun and easy lesson with ways to celebrate or explore different cultures through dance! </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">This lesson opens students' imaginations to travel and exploring new places in the world, and celebrate and experience Hispanic heritage or any culture through objects or pictures. Students will create movement from an object or a thing found around the home or online that represents the Hispanic heritage and culture to them. Students will also choreograph a movement phrase using the words used to describe their object or thing, focusing on the element of dance BODY (parts and shapes).</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Objectives</strong>:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 1: Think about a place you would like to travel to and why.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 2: Concentrate on Hispanic culture (or whatever you're celebrating). Find an object or thing in your home that reminds you of or represents aspects of Hispanic culture that you like or interests you. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 3: Answer these questions as an assignment. </span></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Explain what you like about it. What got you interested?</span></li>
<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Describe what the object looks like.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14pt;">How can it move?</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 4: After answering questions and submitting assignments students can explore movement to a Hispanic culture-inspired playlist while waiting for others to finish. Ask if students have song requests.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 5: Have students explore movement to Hispanic-inspired songs of choice. Let go and enjoy the music!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 6: Each student will then share what object and song they picked and why.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 7: Give students a few days to create and video record a 30-second choreographic phrase based on the object they chose and submit the video as an assignment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Step 8: Finally, have students present their choreography to the class as a final presentation.</span></p>
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</div></div>Museum Studies Hispanic Heritage Month Cultural Cuisine Lesson: Delicious Tres Leches Cakehttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/museum-studies-hispanic-heritage-month-cultural-cuisine-lesson-de2020-10-17T02:33:08.000Z2020-10-17T02:33:08.000ZEllington Arts! Museumhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/ellington_arts_members/About<div><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/469116846?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Tres Leches Cake: </strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;">The history and the recipe</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Produced by Kayla Brackett, Nailah Brown, Jamir Graves, and Kelly Stewart</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Today we'll be teaching you how to make Tres Leches Cake!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">This iconic light dessert is usually a sponge cake that is soaked in three different types of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream, resulting in a sweet and moist cake. Tres leches cake originated in Mexico and is popular throughout Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Puerco Rico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and many other Latin American countries.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;">In the 19th century, there was a recipe going across Mexico for a bread cake that was soaked in wine and topped with custard. This is thought to be inspired by Italian tiramisu or the English trifle. With the European influence in Mexico during the 19th century, it goes with little explanation why these soaked recipes became popular in the New World using European ingredients like custard, bread, and wine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In the 1930s when the Nestle Company opened up plants in Mexico during World War II, a recipe for Tres Leches was printed on the outside of the evaporated milk, condensed milk, and cream cans. Nestle is held responsible for taking the Tres Leches Cake mainstream. All recipes in Mexico use a combination of evaporated, condensed, and cream in their recipe even today.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Let's get started!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">In order to bake this cake, you will need</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1 1/4 cups flour all-purpose, sifted</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 5 eggs separated</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1 cup sugar</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1 tsp vanilla</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1 tsp baking powder</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 3/4 tsp Kosher salt</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 12 oz evaporated milk</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 14 oz sweetened condensed milk</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1/4 cup whole milk</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1 1/2 cups whipping cream</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> ➢ 1 Tbsp powdered sugar</span></p>
<p><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Instructions:</strong></span></p>
<p><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> In order to prepare this cake, you need to...</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> 2. Butter a 9"x11" glass pan, then lightly flour.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> 3. Separatetheeggsfrom the yolks and place them in different bowls.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> 4. In the bowl of a stand-up mixer place the yolks. Slowly add the sugar while beating on high. Continue to mix until the yolks are fluffy and ribbon stage. Then mix in the vanilla.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> 5. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">6. In another bowl beat the whites until they form soft peaks.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> 7. Slowly fold the whites into the yolk mixture using a spatula. Next, slowly sift the flour mixture into the yolk mixture and fold ingredients carefully. Try not to deflate the air whipped into the eggs.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> 8. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Place in the center rack, and bake for about 35-40* minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool completely before adding the milk mixture</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> While the cake is baking, put the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and whole milk into a large bowl, whisk lightly.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> Then pour milk mixture all over the cake, and allow it to soak for about an hour before frosting.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>In order to prepare the frosting:</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> Beat whipping cream with the powdered sugar until thick and forms stiff peaks. Spread the cake over a flat frosting spatula.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:12pt;"> Be sure to check the tres leches cake with a cake tester after about 35 minutes to make sure it does not overcook.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">After the cake is cooled, cut as desired serving size and enjoy! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt;">hank you so much for watching! Have a happy Hispanic </span><span style="font-size:12pt;">Heritage month!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><strong><a href="https://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block" target="_blank">Visit the Ellington Arts Block blog for more great educational activities!</a></strong></span></p>
<p> </p></div>Educational Resource: Google Earth's 13 Latino Trailblazershttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/hispanic-heritage-month-educational-resources2020-10-16T00:38:35.000Z2020-10-16T00:38:35.000ZEllington Arts! Museumhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/ellington_arts_members/About<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Enjoy this list of educational resources and activities highlighting Latino Arts & Culture!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18.6667px;">Activity: </span><a style="font-size:14pt;" href="https://earth.google.com/web/@4.05248292,-78.77685326,21.61388147a,11979604.9094692d,35y,359.99999998h,0t,0r/data=CjASLhIgOTRjZTExMGNiZTQ0MTFlOTljNDk3YjQxMzg5YjRkN2MiCmdjc19saXN0XzA?fbclid=IwAR3SpekrwmETVU01YQUdI6FTAKn-kuVZ_6MGuWEACPlS__2FXDKXYViiwBY" target="_blank">Explore Google Earth and follow the journey of 13 Latino Trailblazers</a></p>
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<p> </p></div>In the Classroom: Museum Studies Virtual Museum Activityhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/Ellington_Arts_Block/in-the-classroom-museum-studies-virtual-museum-activity2020-10-15T01:43:15.000Z2020-10-15T01:43:15.000ZEllington Arts! Museumhttps://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/ellington_arts_members/About<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8085286856?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=395"></div><div><div style="text-align:center;"> </div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">The Virtual Museum Activity began as an exercise in Ms. Ayanna Muhammad's Museum Studies classes. The idea was developed with the Ellington Innovations Team to inspire collaboration between classes and departments during distance learning. The museum features three galleries that feature the work of students from different classes. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8039326686,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8039326686,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="8039326686?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="341" /></a>The <strong><a href="https://ellingtonvirtualmuseum.ning.com/art-as-activism" target="_blank">Art as Activism Gallery</a></strong> features submissions created by students in Ms. Muhammad's Art Appreciation and Art History classes. These works of art were created in response to the Living Through History Cornerstone that asked students to respond to the events of the last 6 months through art.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.artsteps.com/view/5f7f292041a8365377d2ab32" target="_blank">Experience the virtual walk-through gallery created for Art as Activism!</a></strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">The second gallery, <strong>The Message</strong>, features a collaborative lesson for the 10th-grade Museum Studies students that spanned across Ms. Nekisha Durrette's Exhibit Design II class, Mr. Javis Grant's Museum Communications II and Digital Media I classes, and Ms. Muhammad's Art History class. This gallery serves as a teaser for the first full exhibition from the Museum Studies department in November which will showcase the work of students from all grades. </span> </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">The final gallery, <strong>Be proud of Your Past, Embrace the Future</strong> honors the Hispanic Heritage Month theme for 2020. The junior and senior Museum Studies students in Ms. Muhammad's Musuem Communications III and Gallery Management classes created an interactive virtual celebration that featured mini-lessons and historical information for classes to participate in. Including Latin dance classes hosted by Ms. Nikki Sutton's Dance Composition class from the DESA Dance Department for Ms. Muhammad's Cultural Studies students to enjoy.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Special thanks to DESA Innovations Team members Thom Woodward, Robin Harris, and Kelli Anderson! </span></p>
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