Online Professional development sessions
Join or watch free online sessions that equip educators with tools, strategies, and resources to teach the inspiring stories of Unsung Heroes through the visual arts.
Online Professional Development Sessions
Bring the stories of the Unsung Heroes into your classroom and community through the visual arts!
All educators are invited to join these free professional development sessions designed to foster teaching and learning about the LMC Unsung Heroes through the visual arts. Led by experts and practitioners, these online sessions explore varied topics and themes, delve into strategies to deepen instructional practices and curriculum connections, support student participation in the annual competition, and offer opportunities to engage with other educators.
ARTEFFECT professional development sessions are free to attend and will be recorded. All registered attendees will receive a recording of the session and a lesson plan via email. A PD certificate will be available for download. Attendance at this ARTEFFECT event constitutes consent to its recording and distribution.
2025-2026 SESSIONS
Previous Online Sessions - Lesson Plans & Recordings
Engage in a step-by-step process with your students for developing novel and effective approaches to visual storytelling with a focus on the inspiring stories of Unsung Heroes from history. Educators learn the six key components to storytelling that lead from storyline development to a completed artwork. Various visual analyzing tools, classroom resources, and lesson plan provided.
ARTEFFECT spotlights diverse Unsung Heroes from history who demonstrated altruistic character traits and values and took heroic actions that benefited others and society. This lesson explores ways students can connect with these role models by developing historical empathy. Historical empathy can lead to increased creativity and understanding in visual art activities. Explore K-12 curriculum connections, social-emotional learning, hands-on activities, and arts integration across history and ELA. Practices that build critical thinking and inquiry, mindful-looking, and vocabulary skills are modeled.
This session explores how LMC Unsung Heroes’ actions changed the course of history through a social impact framework. What does social impact mean? Where did the Unsung Hero make an impact ―on society, communities, or individuals? How did their actions encompass the sense of responsibility that is at the core of social impact? Participants will consider how processes of artmaking and design convey concepts about social impact that can support students in creative interpretations of the Unsung Heroes’ stories. Educators guide their students to exploring their ability to impact a community or audience through their ARTEFFECT project.
