What is The Story Arts Challenge?

We are thrilled to share an exciting new storytelling curriculum and live virtual event for you and your students on Thursday, November 10th.

This learning experience includes a student-facing mini-series of videos followed by a live Q&A featuring Joseph Sojourner, emcee, speaker, consultant, musician, writer, entrepreneur, and creative director. The curriculum and event are designed for students in grades one through graduate school and will serve as a powerful way to bring industry professionals and world-class storytelling standards into your classroom.

More About the Curriculum

This learning experience will be useful for teachers who are teaching any of the following:

• Public Speaking/ Communication
• Conflict & Resolution
• Plot
• Imagery and Emotions
• Sequence of Events
• Dramatic or Creative Writing
• Narrative Techniques
• Note-taking
• Editing and Revision

To access this free learning experience, you can log onto this Story Arts platform to read the teacher guidance and watch the videos. The curriculum includes flexible modules that take anywhere from 2-3 hours to use in your classroom. While the curriculum can be used at any time, we recommend that teachers hoping to attend the live virtual event start before the week of 7th, at the latest.

Be Prepared for the Live Event

While the curriculum can be used at any time, we recommend that teachers hoping to attend the live virtual event start before the week of 7th, at the latest.

If you cannot attend the live event with your students, no worries! It will be recorded and shared with you afterward for optional use in your classroom. Also, this will be in a series of similar storytelling curricula and events during the 2022-2023 school year! Each learning experience will feature an industry professional and will cover topics such as TV screenwriting, how to live emcee an event, storytelling through branding and UX design, and more.

We hope to see you at the live virtual event November 10th!