Syllabus
ELEMENTAL HISTORIES
Tuesday, Thursday | 4:30-6:00pm
1901 Poplar Street, Oakland, CA 94607
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Zoom Details for Virtual Days [COMING SOON]
Program Description
This year’s curriculum will revitalize The Legacy Project’s hands-on, immersive approach to environmental justice learning, using the four Western classical elements (Earth, Water, Air, and Fire) as a guiding concept. Throughout 30 weeks, the 2021-22 cohort will engage with the elements by acquiring knowledge and participating in art and advocacy focused activities that highlight the cultural, scientific, and historical context of each element.
Learning Outcomes
To familiarize students with art making processes that engage topics such as activism and advocacy, environmental justice, critical consciousness, and self/community healing.
Use art creation as a method of self expression and advocacy.
Become advocates in topics that generate in you urgency.
Uplifting and amplifying the voices of your youth which carry the aspiration and inspiration for our communities.
To cultivate belonging, pride, and ownership in your community.
ANNUAL SCHEDULE
EARTH
9/7/2021
Welcome to Legacy!
History & Ice Breakers
Spectrum Game
1 hour
9/9/2021
Earth Element Exploration
Book Making with Coptic Binding
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Ohlone (Huichin), land acknowledgement, astrology, coptic binding
9/14/2021
California Land Management & Local Native Species
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Anthropocene, infrastructure, plant stewardship, conservation, land management, climate change indicator
9/16/2021
Soil Testing with WOEIP
Soil Testing Lab
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Geology, soil, sediment, marine terrace, wetlands, marshlands, artificial fill
9/18/2021
Intro to Garden Space & Sustainability
Create a Salad & Garden Inventory
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Sustainability, garden, urban farming, sustainable food systems, organic agriculture
9/28/2021
Introduction to Clay: Historical and Cultural Uses
Clay Pot Lesson Series: Part I
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Clay, pottery, ceramics, plasticity, porosity, vitrify, mineral resource, pinching, coils, slabs, tempera, mica, binder
9/30/2021
Coiling
Clay Pot Lesson Series: Part II
1 hr 3o minutes
10/5/2021
Coiling, Smoothing, and Shaping
Clay Pot Lesson Series: Part III
1 hr 3o minutes
10/7/2021
Coiling, Smoothing, and Shaping
Clay Pot Lesson Series: Part IV
1 hr 3o minutes
10/12/2021
Coiling, Smoothing, Shaping, and Decorating with Clay Tools
Clay Pot Lesson Series: Part V
1 hr 3o minutes
10/14/2021
Vessel Painting with Egg Tempera
Clay Pot Lesson Series: Part VI
1 hr 3o minutes
10/19/2021
Slides: Plant Catalog
Plant Poetry Calligrams & Seed Kits
Plant Poetry Calligrams with Douglas Kearney
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Creative writing, poetry, calligram, analogy, metaphor, metonym, ekphrastic poetry
10/21/2021
Catch-Up Studio Time + Earth Quarter Reflection
To Complete: Clay Pots, Calligrams, Seed Sowing
1 hr 3o minutes
WATER
10/26/2021
Water’s Significance & Ohlone Relationship with the Coast & Bay
Water is Life Illustrations
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: Ohlone (Lisjan), sii (water), abalone, shellmounds, solvent
10/28/2021
Water is Life Continued
Water is Life Illustrations
1 hr 3o minutes
11/2/2021
History and Ecology of Lake Temescal
Lake Tour/Field Day
2 Hours
Words: Ohlone (Huichin, Saclan), temescal (sweat lodge), hydraulic mining, dam, puddling, Gold Rush, plein air, cyanobacteria, fault line
11/4/2021
History and Ecology of Frog Park
Creek Tour/Field Day
2 Hours
Words: faux creek, greenbelt, monolith, mortar, pestle, culvert
11/9/2021
Oakland’s Bodies of Water and Waterways + Water Usage
Overlay Maps
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: snowmelt, snowpack, watershed, aqueduct, reservoir
11/16/2021
Water-Related Climate Change
Indicators & Oakland’s 2030 Equitable Climate Action Plan
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: climate, climate change, climate change indicator, groundwater, groundwater overdraft, subsidence, mitigation, adaptation, geoengineering, greenhouse gases, emissions
11/18/2021
Field Trip to BAMPFA
1 hr 3o minutes
11/30/2021
New Space Introduction + Catch Up Studio Time
1 hr 3o minutes
12/2/2021
Drinking Water Exploration - Bottled and Tap
DIY Water in Lead Testing
Anti-Plastic Sticker Making
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: contaminant, lead, corrosion, water scarcity, water quality
12/7/2021
Hydration Station Part 1:
Infused Water Mason Jars + Eucalyptus Shower Rigs
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: infusion, aromatherapy, hydration, essential oils, vitamins, minerals
12/9/2021
Hydration Station Part 2:
Custom Loose Leaf Tea Blends + Savory Fruit Salads
1 hr 3o minutes
12/14/2021
Suminagashi Marbling: History and Technique Introduction
1 hr 3o minutes
Words: suminagashi, sumi-e
12/16/2021
Suminagashi Marbling: Gift Boxes
1 hr 3o minutes
AIR
1/4/2022
Workforce Development Session
1 hr 3o minutes
1/4/2022
Where the Ocean & the Earth Meet
Paint Pouring with Air
1 hr 30 minutes
1/8/2022
Field Trip:
Lands End and Ocean Beach Dunes - Oceanography
1 hr 3o minutes
1/11/2021
Air & the Ohlone Way
1 hr 3o minutes
1/13/2021
Foundational Air Facts
Carbon Footprint Study
1 hr 3o minutes
1/18/2022
Air-Related Climate Change Indicators & Oakland's Response: ECAP
+
Mock Treaty: The Legacy Agreement
1 hr 30 minutes
Resources:
CLIMATE TREATY CONTINENTS: AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, ASIA
1/20/2022
Introduction to Air in Oakland, Community Activism, and Aclima
1 hr 30 minutes
1/22/2022
Field Trip:
Common Humanity Collective (CHC) Box Fan Air Purifier Build
2 hours
1/25/2022
Community Activism & Air Monitoring with WOEIP and Aclima
1 hr 3o minutes
1/27/2022
Air Monitoring Reflection & Treaty Continuation
1 hr 3o minutes
2/1/2022
Oakland’s Alternative Energy Usage & Introduction to Wind Turbines
1 hr 3o minutes
2/3/2022
Projections for Progress
Flute Making
1 hr 3o minutes
2/8/2022
Using the Senses to Bring Awareness
Wind Chimes Part 1
1 hr 3o minutes
2/10/2022
Using the Senses to Bring Awareness
Wind Chimes Part 2
1 hr 3o minutes
2/15/2022
Healing Through Air
Wind Chime Completion
1 hr 3o minutes
2/17/2022
Healing Through Air
Bike Ride to Jack London Square - Bay Trail
1 hr 3o minutes
2/22/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Preparation
1 hr 3o minutes
2/24/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banners with Christopher Martin
1 hr 3o minutes
3/1/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Design & Planning
1 hr 3o minutes
3/3/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Design & Planning
1 hr 3o minutes
FIRE
3/8/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/10/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/15/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/17/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/22/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/24/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/29/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
3/31/2022
On the Ground Activism
Banner Execution
1 hr 3o minutes
4/12/2022
Project Completion Day
1 hr 3o minutes
4/14/2022
California's Fire Ecology + Fire-Related Climate Change Indicators
1 hr 30 minutes
4/19/2022
Fire Adapted Vegetation
Ash Ink Pocket Book
1 hr 30 minutes
4/21/2022
Fire Adapted Vegetation - Ash Ink Pocket Book
1 hr 30 minutes
4/26/2022
Fire Adapted Vegetation - Ash Ink Pocket Book
+ Introduction to Ohlone Cuisine
End of Year Survey (Non-Senior, Senior)
1 hr 30 minutes
4/28/2022
End of the Year Food Fest at Wapepah's Kitchen Restaurant
1 hr 30 minutes