The Kids are not the Threat

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 26.01.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Unit Overview
  3. Philosophy Of Art Instruction And Demographics
  4. Background And Cross Curricular Approach
  5. Content And Learning Objectives: We All Can Be A Leader
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Appendix On Implementing Pennsylvania Arts Standards
  9. Notes
  10. Bibliography

Be a Leader, Not a Boss: Making Big Differences Through Sustained Small Actions

Christopher Snyder

Published September 2026

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Notes

[1] Tommi Avicolli Mecca, 283

[2] McDonald, I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die-Rag

[3] Miller, 1986

[4] Moore, 1986-1987

[5] Ellis, 1997-2002

[6] Morrison, 1994-2000

[7] Rogers 2009

[8] Hamell, Halfway

[9] Linker

[10] Dubois Shaw

[11] Emmerling, 7

[12] Kahn

[13] Byrne, 22

[14] Bearden. The Piano Lesson (Homage to Mary Lou)

[15] PAFA, 2014

[16] PAFA, 2026

[17] Difranco, Your Next Bold Move

[18] Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. The Young Lords: A Reader (11)

[19] Bern, True Revolutionaries

[20] Larson, La Vie Bohem B

[21] Sitman, 2025

[22] Betty Edwards. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, 3

[23] “Pittsburgh Dilworth,” Pittsburgh Public Schools

[24] Enck-Wanzer, 11-15

[25] Johnson, Mora, Samas, 6

[26] Williams, 1968

[27] Kelley, On Racial Justice, Black History, Critical Race Theory, and Other Felonious Ideas, 5

[28] The Coup, The Guillotine

[29] Ron Ritchhart. Creating Cultures of Thinking, 9

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