The Activity Bank

The GIVE Activity Bank is a resource bank of short activities or skill-based tasks that already include supports and accommodations to meet a range of students’ needs. These activities can be easily added to your lesson—with small adjustments for your unique students and classroom—to make it more inclusive.

These activities have been submitted as is by New York City Teaching Artists from New Victory Theater, ArtsConnection, and Community-Word Project.

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  • Moving Object Stop Motion

    Ages: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Art Forms: Media Arts, Theater, Visual Arts

    In this playful skill-building activity, students collaborate to create a short animation of an object moving across a surface on its own. This is a great acti…

  • Names and Weather Patterns

    Ages: Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)
    Art Forms: Visual Arts, Theater, Music, Media Arts, Literary Arts, Dance

    This warm-up activity supports learning everyone’s names and pronouns,  bringing imagination into the room, becoming observant of the world around us, and lear…

  • Partner Mirroring

    Ages: Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)
    Art Forms: Theater, Dance

    This activity builds the skills of observation and sustained concentration while promoting empathy. It supports collaboration by pairing students with a partne…

  • Pass the Love

    Ages: Early Childhood (PK-2), Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Art Forms: Dance, Visual Arts, Theater, Music, Media Arts, Literary Arts

    A closing ritual to reflect on the lesson, and to take a moment together as a whole class ensemble.

  • Perimeters, Bisections, and Centers

    Ages: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Art Forms: Dance

    This activity is an introduction to taped floor dance, which comes from blind dance tradition, and introduces the idea of using a taped cross on the floor as a…

  • Personal Crests

    Ages: Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)
    Art Forms: Visual Arts, Media Arts

    This visual arts activity encourages students to explore identity, promotes community building, and introduces the concept of symbolism.

  • Personalizing Your Notepad

    Ages: Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)
    Art Forms: Literary Arts, Visual Arts

    In this activity, students receive and customize a notepad for use throughout the residency, fostering a sense of ownership and creative freedom. Retrieving an…

  • Point of View

    Ages: Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Art Forms: Visual Arts, Media Arts

    Students will use photography or drawing to capture different points of view and reflect on the experience.