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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  • Partner Mirroring

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

    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: Visual Arts, Theater, Media Arts, Literary Arts, Dance, Music

    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…

  • Self–Audio Description and Growth

    Ages: High School (9-12)
    Art Forms: Dance

    The purpose of this activity is to help each student start to develop their own self–audio description practice. There’s no best way to do it, other than to be…

  • Take A Breath

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

    Students explore different types of breathing techniques to feel more relaxed.

  • Web of Life

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

    This team-building activity invites students thinking about the interconnectedness of the world around us.

  • Zip Zap Zop

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

    This game gets the class on the same page energetically and develops awareness of the importance of eye contact.