Pre-Texts develops avid and creative readers by using classic literature as an excuse for making art. It is a flexible approach to teaching that integrates three areas of development: literacy, arts, and civic values. The program trains teachers and artists to collaborate as facilitators for student creations based on challenging texts. Read more

What We Accomplish:

1. Participants gain cultural capital and ownership of literature
2. Literature becomes a vehicle for exploring personal experience
3. Texts are recognized as recyclable material, as great writers know
4. Language arts invite participants to create a range of responses in other media.
5. Mutual admiration among young artists promotes democratic citizenship

Who benefits from Pre-Texts?

• Educators – all subjects
• Students – all grade levels
• Parents
• Out-of-School Time Youth Organizations
• ESL/ELL Programs
• Immigration/ Citizenship Programs
• Law Enforcement Institutions