Africa & Its Influences, Jazz & America, and Considering the Postmodern

2000
University of Maryland, College Park

Crossing Borders/Breaking Boundaries was designed to:

• EXPOSE TEACHERS to new scholarship in the arts and arts education
• ENGAGE TEACHERS in an exploration of new performance possibilities within and across the arts disciplines
• SUPPORT TEACHERS in creating new teaching units and lesson plans that incorporate Maryland's Essential Learner Outcome guidelines for the Fine Arts
• PREPARE TEACHERS to work collaboratively with teachers in their own and other arts disciplines, so that they can
• STRENGTHEN the position of the arts in high schools