What if your students could step inside a 90-year-old mural and become part of its story?

🎭 "Stories on the Wall: Bringing Hale Woodruff's Murals to Life" is a grades 9-12 lesson that combines theatre and ELA through the analysis and physical reenactment of two Hale Woodruff murals at Talladega College, one depicting the Amistad captives' return to Africa, the other showing the building of Savery Library. Students research how purpose, audience, and historical circumstance shape each mural's meaning, then work in small groups to build a tableau, or frozen scene, that captures what their mural represents. They close it out by writing an artist's statement that backs their creative choices with evidence from their research. It builds visual literacy, historical analysis, collaboration, public speaking skills, and persuasive writing, all in one lesson! 💛 Click the link in our bio to download the full lesson (for free!) or tag a teacher who might find this helpful in the comments! #ArtsNOW #artsintegrated #artsintegratedlearning #highschoolteacher #teachersofinstagram