I dreaded my high school’s required course in American history and waited until the last possible opportunity to take it. This meant that for six weeks of the summer before my graduation, I sat in a humid, uninspiring classroom during summer school. It was packed with students who were as uninterested as I was. Looking out the window as metal blinds slapped against plaster walls, I couldn’t wait to run off to the pool after class.
Art teachers provide lessons for students to build and construct with loose parts and three-dimensional materials. Students create mixed-media STEAM-based treehouses, build 3D mod pod houses from paper, study an outdoor sculpture and create pyramid assemblages, sculpt clay homes inspired by historical American architecture, and more.
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