In-Class Programs
Our in-class programs are project-based and help connect teachers’ core curricula to a new kind of civics education — one that uses design and art as tools to research the city.
How does it work?
In class program range from one-day workshops to 15 sessions. They're flexible and have been implemented in classes focusing on civics, environmental science, math, English, and more.
Create a Unique Curriculum
CUP partners with a trained teaching artist and a high school teacher to create a curriculum specific to the teacher’s needs. Students get out of the classroom to research a question about the school’s community, and use design to make a product that teaches others how that issue works.
Produce a Physical Project
Past programs have produced a booklet to help high schoolers counsel their peers in navigating the bureaucracy of cash assistance programs; a set of posters on public safety; and a publication on the pros and cons of a proposed soft drink tax. The curriculum CUP develops along with the teaching artist and high school teacher can then be used in subsequent years by the high school teacher with new students.
“This is the most engaged I’ve seen our students all semester. Especially our students with IEP’s. They really get into hunting things out in the city.”
– Bianca Briggs, The Academy of Urban Planning
Examples of In-Class Programs
Below are three recent examples of the projects students have created through CUP's in-class programs.
Home Movies
A video series that helps teachers and students stay safe and healthy while creatively engaging their communities and collaborating remotely.
Snack Attack
Many New York City Public school students get their calories from unhealthy junk foods— and they're buying them in school. Bronx students created this guide to get involved with their school food choices.