All around the country people just like you are participating in the Fundred Dollar Bill Project. Read stories from collaborators across the country. Inspire others! Tell Us Your Story.
Holley's Story
My first introduction to Fundred was at the 2008 NAEA conference in New Orleans. Yes Mel Chin gave a dynamic presentation but I immediately recognized this project’s potential for making interdisciplinary classroom connections to content areas beyond art and to help my students make connections to a world beyond their day-to-day reality in an experiential way. I knew focusing my art curriculum on state standards was the only way I would be allowed to teach the Fundred lesson in my classroom.
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Hawley's Story
As the Director of Education for BRIC’s contemporary art program, which serves students at BRIC Rotunda Gallery and public schools throughout Brooklyn, I was invited to teach several classes at PS 119. Known as the Magnet School of Global & Ethical Studies, the school is dedicated to fostering within students the abilities and self-confidence to develop academic and social skills.
I was highly excited about the opportunity and excited to bring the Fundred Dollar Bill Project to these 5th graders. At first introduction, it made total sense to them; they couldn’t wait to get their hands dirty.
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Nates's Story
In April 2009, while planning the 2009 New York State Art Teachers Association we discussed the potentials for NY State to be involved in Fundred as an important artistic initiative. The project offers the opportunity to reinforce curricular goals across disciplines. It provides our students a way to engage and make a contribution to an important environmental issue through their art making. The project is also experiential from the initial contribution to following the progress of the truck to the ultimate delivery of the Fundreds.
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