Nancy Kunsman

Kunsman’s innovative teaching idea, “Illuminated Manuscripts,” is focused on teaching about life before electronics through historical significance, artistic elements, and a creative process. Students will study illuminated manuscripts, learn how scribes use imagery and symbols to guide their readers, and understand the painstaking process of bookmaking prior to mass production. The project is also designed to showcase student writing by letting students create, write, and illustrate their own illuminated manuscripts. Their final draft will be shown in a community art/literature show. At the end, a digital book version of the compiled manuscripts will be submitted to the school library.