Adding Power to Instruction with the Arts

Increasing Cognition Fostering Creativity

Finding Connections

Todayrsquos Session

Why the Arts

Examples of Arts Integrated Lessons

Experiencing Arts Integration

Sequencing and story telling through

visualizing music

Framed poetry with a popular song

Close read of a song to teach literary

elements

There are additional considerations for the role the arts play in influencing students academic and social development In a compendium of 64 educational studies Critical Links (Deasy 2002) several studies make the connection between the impact the arts have on academics for students with disabilities

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Drama develops higher order language and literacy skills as students act out historical or literary figures they immerse themselves in a theme and can explore and learn about it in a personal way

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Music enhances language learning by teaching students about rhythm pitch and sound Rhythm helps students learn rhymes and develop phonological awareness mdash components of reading Repetitive songs help teach academic facts to be memorized (like the multiplication tables) and help make the learning experience easier and more enjoyable

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Integrating the Arts with Technology Inspiring Creativity

Fine Art experiences develop literacy numeracy and writing skills Drawing and painting reinforce motor skills and can also be a way of learning shapes contrasts boundaries spatial relationships size and other math concepts

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

Todayrsquos Session

Why the Arts

Examples of Arts Integrated Lessons

Experiencing Arts Integration

Sequencing and story telling through

visualizing music

Framed poetry with a popular song

Close read of a song to teach literary

elements

There are additional considerations for the role the arts play in influencing students academic and social development In a compendium of 64 educational studies Critical Links (Deasy 2002) several studies make the connection between the impact the arts have on academics for students with disabilities

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Drama develops higher order language and literacy skills as students act out historical or literary figures they immerse themselves in a theme and can explore and learn about it in a personal way

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Music enhances language learning by teaching students about rhythm pitch and sound Rhythm helps students learn rhymes and develop phonological awareness mdash components of reading Repetitive songs help teach academic facts to be memorized (like the multiplication tables) and help make the learning experience easier and more enjoyable

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Integrating the Arts with Technology Inspiring Creativity

Fine Art experiences develop literacy numeracy and writing skills Drawing and painting reinforce motor skills and can also be a way of learning shapes contrasts boundaries spatial relationships size and other math concepts

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

There are additional considerations for the role the arts play in influencing students academic and social development In a compendium of 64 educational studies Critical Links (Deasy 2002) several studies make the connection between the impact the arts have on academics for students with disabilities

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Drama develops higher order language and literacy skills as students act out historical or literary figures they immerse themselves in a theme and can explore and learn about it in a personal way

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Music enhances language learning by teaching students about rhythm pitch and sound Rhythm helps students learn rhymes and develop phonological awareness mdash components of reading Repetitive songs help teach academic facts to be memorized (like the multiplication tables) and help make the learning experience easier and more enjoyable

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Integrating the Arts with Technology Inspiring Creativity

Fine Art experiences develop literacy numeracy and writing skills Drawing and painting reinforce motor skills and can also be a way of learning shapes contrasts boundaries spatial relationships size and other math concepts

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

Drama develops higher order language and literacy skills as students act out historical or literary figures they immerse themselves in a theme and can explore and learn about it in a personal way

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Music enhances language learning by teaching students about rhythm pitch and sound Rhythm helps students learn rhymes and develop phonological awareness mdash components of reading Repetitive songs help teach academic facts to be memorized (like the multiplication tables) and help make the learning experience easier and more enjoyable

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Integrating the Arts with Technology Inspiring Creativity

Fine Art experiences develop literacy numeracy and writing skills Drawing and painting reinforce motor skills and can also be a way of learning shapes contrasts boundaries spatial relationships size and other math concepts

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Music enhances language learning by teaching students about rhythm pitch and sound Rhythm helps students learn rhymes and develop phonological awareness mdash components of reading Repetitive songs help teach academic facts to be memorized (like the multiplication tables) and help make the learning experience easier and more enjoyable

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Integrating the Arts with Technology Inspiring Creativity

Fine Art experiences develop literacy numeracy and writing skills Drawing and painting reinforce motor skills and can also be a way of learning shapes contrasts boundaries spatial relationships size and other math concepts

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

Integrating the Arts with Technology Inspiring Creativity

Fine Art experiences develop literacy numeracy and writing skills Drawing and painting reinforce motor skills and can also be a way of learning shapes contrasts boundaries spatial relationships size and other math concepts

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Unlocking Confidence ldquoA paintbrush a costume a drum or paper scissors and glue can be new tools for self-expression that boost confidence while providing opportunities for learning and practicerdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

Learning Disabilities and the Arts by NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)

Arts as a Means of Assessment ldquoBecause a person has difficulty learning through hearing alone or seeing alone does not mean they cannot learn The arts offer individuals with learning disabilities dynamic ways of learning and just as importantly a way to fully discover their own self-worthrdquo

httpwwwldonlineorgarticle30031

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

The arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached

The arts reach students in ways that they are not otherwise being reached

The arts connect students to themselves and each other

The arts transform the environment for learning

The arts provide learning opportunities for the adults in the

lives of young people

The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful

The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work

From Fiske E (Ed) (1999) Champions of Change The Impact of the Arts on Learning

Washington DC The Arts Education Partnership and The Presidentrsquos Committee on the

Arts and the Humanities p 11-12

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

How Students with Disabilities Learn In and Through the Arts

The arts give students bull Voice bull Choice bull Access

The arts help in both the learning and in the expression of the learning

bull For many ideas on arts integration see httpwwwkennedy-centerorgeducationvsaresourcesarpfinaldraftpdf

The Arts and Creation of the Mind

By Eisner

The Arts Encourage exploration of what is uncertain Develop autonomy Help stabilize ideas and images Can facilitate personal transformation therefore Perception Neurological functioning and memory

Concept formation and learning facilitated

httpsmartlifeacademycombrainhtml

httpsjelenakalderonwordpresscomcategorymape

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity httpdyslexiayaleeduPolicy_ADAhtml

From Disconnected Kids by Dr Carla LeClerc DC httpwwwslidesharenetcarlaleclercdisconnected-kidsnext_slideshow=2

Builds up

more hooks

and cues to

ensure long-

term

memory

Brainrsquos

neural

networks

augment

creating

ever-

abundant

connections

Think of engaging various parts of the brain no matter what you are teaching

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

httpsmartlifeacademycombrainhtml

httpsjelenakalderonwordpresscomcategorymape

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity httpdyslexiayaleeduPolicy_ADAhtml

From Disconnected Kids by Dr Carla LeClerc DC httpwwwslidesharenetcarlaleclercdisconnected-kidsnext_slideshow=2

Builds up

more hooks

and cues to

ensure long-

term

memory

Brainrsquos

neural

networks

augment

creating

ever-

abundant

connections

Think of engaging various parts of the brain no matter what you are teaching

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

httpsjelenakalderonwordpresscomcategorymape

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity httpdyslexiayaleeduPolicy_ADAhtml

From Disconnected Kids by Dr Carla LeClerc DC httpwwwslidesharenetcarlaleclercdisconnected-kidsnext_slideshow=2

Builds up

more hooks

and cues to

ensure long-

term

memory

Brainrsquos

neural

networks

augment

creating

ever-

abundant

connections

Think of engaging various parts of the brain no matter what you are teaching

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity httpdyslexiayaleeduPolicy_ADAhtml

From Disconnected Kids by Dr Carla LeClerc DC httpwwwslidesharenetcarlaleclercdisconnected-kidsnext_slideshow=2

Builds up

more hooks

and cues to

ensure long-

term

memory

Brainrsquos

neural

networks

augment

creating

ever-

abundant

connections

Think of engaging various parts of the brain no matter what you are teaching

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

From Disconnected Kids by Dr Carla LeClerc DC httpwwwslidesharenetcarlaleclercdisconnected-kidsnext_slideshow=2

Builds up

more hooks

and cues to

ensure long-

term

memory

Brainrsquos

neural

networks

augment

creating

ever-

abundant

connections

Think of engaging various parts of the brain no matter what you are teaching

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

Builds up

more hooks

and cues to

ensure long-

term

memory

Brainrsquos

neural

networks

augment

creating

ever-

abundant

connections

Think of engaging various parts of the brain no matter what you are teaching

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

httpmarvinmarshallcomfilespdfteachers_matterpdf

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

Simplify the written word so

that you can create

information as a picture or

experience

Convey information in

story form

Creates meaning

Improves retention

Stories visual images emotions

sensations

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

Conjure up visual images (right brain)

while reading a book (left brain)

Encourages

hemispheric

integration

Improved

memory

More efficient

learning

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

Sample Social Studies project for 5th Grade Decade Pages

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

The brain remembers images easier than it remembers words

Student created images are most effective

This was a year-long project It became independent work when I needed to work with a small group of students Students became creative in their representations

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

httpwwwslidesharenetlewisusaukthe-neural-basis-for-creativity

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

Downloaded from YoutubeSPS teachers apply Visual Thinking Strategies to art and beyondmp4

Character Through the Arts101 Questions to Ask a Paintingpdf

There are lots of great arts integrated lesson

plans and resources at wwwgettyedu

Letrsquos try an exercise that integrates many parts of the brain using music

smetana_the_moldaupdf

Using only the

sounds you hear

put the cards in

order

httplisteningadventurescarnegiehallorgnwssplashhtml

Great for practicing imagery based on music

Other classical music that tells a story

Beethoven Symphony No 6 fourth movement ldquoThe Stormrdquo

Holst ldquoThe Planetsrdquo

Ferde Grore ldquoGrand Canyon Suiterdquo

Mussorgsky ldquoNight on Bald Mountainrdquo This is usually the opening the Stone

Mountain laser show (Night on Stone Mountain) so the kids may recognize it

Great for story-writing

Mussorgsky ldquoPictures at an Exhibitionrdquo

Prokofiev ldquoPeter and the Wolfrdquo

Rimsky-Korsakov ldquoFlight of the Bumble Beerdquo

Saint-Saenrsquos ldquoCarnival of the Animalsrdquo

ldquoDanse Macabrerdquo ndash A fairly short piece of music set in a graveyard At midnight the spirits rise from their graves and join together in a macabre dance When a

distant clock strikes the dawn they must sink back into their graves You could

have the kids choreograph the whole thing rising from their graves dancing and

sinking back at dawn

Stravinsky ldquoThe Firebird Suiterdquo ldquoThe Rite of Springrdquo

Vivaldi ldquoThe Seasonsrdquo comparecontrast the

musical seasons great listening and journaling

opportunities compare and contrast Vivaldirsquos version

of Spring with Stravinskyrsquos

Any of the music from Disneyrsquos Fantasia particularly

the Tchaikovskyrsquos ldquoNutcracker Suiterdquo and ldquoThe

Sorcererrsquos Apprenticerdquo

JAZZ

BERSTEIN Prelude Fugue and Riffs

ELLINGTON Harlem Suite

SHAW Concerto for Clarinet

STRAVINSKY Ragtime

MILHAULD La Creation du Monde

SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano Trumpet and

Strings

COPLAND Concerto for Clarinet

SHCHEDRIAN Piano Concerto No 2

HIGHER ENERGY CLASSICAL PROKOFIEV Dance of the Evil God and the Pagan Monsters from

Scythian Suite

SAINT-SAENS Danse Macabre

BERLIOZ March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique

RICHARD STRAUSS Opening fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra

COPLAND Fanfare for the Comman Man

HOLST Mars from The Planets

KARG-ELGERT Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals

MILHAUD Concerto pour batterie et petit orchestre

MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain

NELHYBEL Trittico

WAGNER The Ride of the Valkyries

MEXICAN OR LATIN

BENJAMIN Jamacan Rumba

CHAVEZ Horse Power Suite

FALLA Three-Cornered Hat

GOULD Latin American Symphonette

GINASTERA Estancia and Panambi

EASY LISTENING

Anything by Leroy Anderson George Gershwin Percy Grainger or Offenbach

Students can choose which music they want to listen to httpwwwsfskidsorglisten

Stravinsky ldquoThe Firebird Suiterdquo ldquoThe Rite of Springrdquo

Vivaldi ldquoThe Seasonsrdquo comparecontrast the

musical seasons great listening and journaling

opportunities compare and contrast Vivaldirsquos version

of Spring with Stravinskyrsquos

Any of the music from Disneyrsquos Fantasia particularly

the Tchaikovskyrsquos ldquoNutcracker Suiterdquo and ldquoThe

Sorcererrsquos Apprenticerdquo

JAZZ

BERSTEIN Prelude Fugue and Riffs

ELLINGTON Harlem Suite

SHAW Concerto for Clarinet

STRAVINSKY Ragtime

MILHAULD La Creation du Monde

SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano Trumpet and

Strings

COPLAND Concerto for Clarinet

SHCHEDRIAN Piano Concerto No 2

HIGHER ENERGY CLASSICAL PROKOFIEV Dance of the Evil God and the Pagan Monsters from

Scythian Suite

SAINT-SAENS Danse Macabre

BERLIOZ March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique

RICHARD STRAUSS Opening fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra

COPLAND Fanfare for the Comman Man

HOLST Mars from The Planets

KARG-ELGERT Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals

MILHAUD Concerto pour batterie et petit orchestre

MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain

NELHYBEL Trittico

WAGNER The Ride of the Valkyries

MEXICAN OR LATIN

BENJAMIN Jamacan Rumba

CHAVEZ Horse Power Suite

FALLA Three-Cornered Hat

GOULD Latin American Symphonette

GINASTERA Estancia and Panambi

EASY LISTENING

Anything by Leroy Anderson George Gershwin Percy Grainger or Offenbach

Students can choose which music they want to listen to httpwwwsfskidsorglisten

JAZZ

BERSTEIN Prelude Fugue and Riffs

ELLINGTON Harlem Suite

SHAW Concerto for Clarinet

STRAVINSKY Ragtime

MILHAULD La Creation du Monde

SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano Trumpet and

Strings

COPLAND Concerto for Clarinet

SHCHEDRIAN Piano Concerto No 2

HIGHER ENERGY CLASSICAL PROKOFIEV Dance of the Evil God and the Pagan Monsters from

Scythian Suite

SAINT-SAENS Danse Macabre

BERLIOZ March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique

RICHARD STRAUSS Opening fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra

COPLAND Fanfare for the Comman Man

HOLST Mars from The Planets

KARG-ELGERT Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals

MILHAUD Concerto pour batterie et petit orchestre

MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain

NELHYBEL Trittico

WAGNER The Ride of the Valkyries

MEXICAN OR LATIN

BENJAMIN Jamacan Rumba

CHAVEZ Horse Power Suite

FALLA Three-Cornered Hat

GOULD Latin American Symphonette

GINASTERA Estancia and Panambi

EASY LISTENING

Anything by Leroy Anderson George Gershwin Percy Grainger or Offenbach

Students can choose which music they want to listen to httpwwwsfskidsorglisten

HIGHER ENERGY CLASSICAL PROKOFIEV Dance of the Evil God and the Pagan Monsters from

Scythian Suite

SAINT-SAENS Danse Macabre

BERLIOZ March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique

RICHARD STRAUSS Opening fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra

COPLAND Fanfare for the Comman Man

HOLST Mars from The Planets

KARG-ELGERT Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals

MILHAUD Concerto pour batterie et petit orchestre

MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain

NELHYBEL Trittico

WAGNER The Ride of the Valkyries

MEXICAN OR LATIN

BENJAMIN Jamacan Rumba

CHAVEZ Horse Power Suite

FALLA Three-Cornered Hat

GOULD Latin American Symphonette

GINASTERA Estancia and Panambi

EASY LISTENING

Anything by Leroy Anderson George Gershwin Percy Grainger or Offenbach

Students can choose which music they want to listen to httpwwwsfskidsorglisten

MEXICAN OR LATIN

BENJAMIN Jamacan Rumba

CHAVEZ Horse Power Suite

FALLA Three-Cornered Hat

GOULD Latin American Symphonette

GINASTERA Estancia and Panambi

EASY LISTENING

Anything by Leroy Anderson George Gershwin Percy Grainger or Offenbach

Students can choose which music they want to listen to httpwwwsfskidsorglisten

Students can choose which music they want to listen to httpwwwsfskidsorglisten

httpwwwclassicalkidsnfporgclassical-kids-

liveeducational-resources

Downloaded from YoutubeFlocabulary - Figurative Languagemp4

Downloaded from YoutubeFlocabulary - Figurative Languagemp4

httpwwwvictoriaacnzvbsteachingsteps-to-teaching-successbloom-revised-taxonomy

Character Through the ArtsFor OglethorpeWonders of Watercolordoc

Did you know that making your own watercolor paint can be science math visual art languages arts and social studies all rolled into one Well it can Oh ndash and itrsquos fun too Watercolors are great for kids because everyone can paint with watercolors ndash from the best artist in your class to the kid who claims they cannot draw a stick figure You can use simple techniques like crayon resist batik to use your watercolors to paint any lesson you want

The Method for Scientific Success by Mrs Arsquos 5th grade class

Circle up get down Irsquove got something to say

Letrsquos talk about science the scientistrsquos way

Science is wondering testing telling

The questions I have are all compelling

Looking at the world I just gotta know

How things work and how things grow

Should I just guess ndash is that OKNO

The scientific method is the way to go

What When Who Which Why Where How

Science starts with questions so letrsquos talk about them now

How do you know which questions are best

See if your question can be answered with a test

First choose something that yoursquore curious about

Think of a plan to figure it out

Do you have a plan that you think you can do

Sounds like that question is a good one for you

The power of this activity was that is was student created and performed

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed Creative Responsedocx

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed quotes in list formatdocx

Dark They Were student samplespdf

7th Grade

Response to

Literature with Art

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed Creative Responsedocx

Dark They Were and Golden Eyed quotes in list formatdocx

Dark They Were student samplespdf

7th Grade

Response to

Literature with Art

Alternate Vocabulary Assessment Activities for The Giverdocx

The Giver Vocabulary and Activitiesdocx

Differentiation in Process and Product

Vocabulary Activities and Assessment

American Author Best Day of My Life

One Republic I Lived

Connections with Kids

Downloaded from YoutubeAmerican Authors - Best Day Of My Life (Dog Version)mp4

Downloaded from YoutubeOneRepublic - I Livedmp4

Downloaded from YoutubeThe Script - Hall of Fame ft williammp4

The Script Wall of Fame

Downloaded from YoutubeR Kelly - I Believe I Can Flymp4

R Kelly I Believe I Can Fly

Downloaded from YoutubeJessica Andrews - Who I Ammp4

Jessica Andrews Who I Am

Who I Amdoc

Song Response Song List

Character Connections

Mark Willis Donrsquot Laugh at Me

The Fray How to Save a Live Downloaded from YoutubeThe Fray - How to Save a Lifemp4

Downloaded from YoutubeMark Wills - Dont Laugh At Memp4

Character Connections

Mark Willis Donrsquot Laugh at Me

The Fray How to Save a Live Downloaded from YoutubeThe Fray - How to Save a Lifemp4

Downloaded from YoutubeMark Wills - Dont Laugh At Memp4

Character Connections

Character Through the ArtsFor OglethorpeTHE COLD WITHINdoc

Civil Rights_Free at Last Student Response Book for FCMSdoc

Character Through the ArtsFrom Civil War to Civil RightsPlay Processppt

Character Connections

Middle

School

Art

Club

Bottle

Cap

Mural

Romare Bearden Letrsquos Walk the Block

httpwwwmetmuseumorgmetmediainteractivesart-trekromare-bearden-lets-walk-the-block

Middle

School

Art

Club

Bottle

Cap

Mural

Romare Bearden Letrsquos Walk the Block

httpwwwmetmuseumorgmetmediainteractivesart-trekromare-bearden-lets-walk-the-block

Romare Bearden Letrsquos Walk the Block

httpwwwmetmuseumorgmetmediainteractivesart-trekromare-bearden-lets-walk-the-block

Downloaded from YoutubeE Pluribus Unum Out of Many One My Country--Freedommp4

Curricular Connections

Free At Last

We Look Like Men of War

We Look Like Men of War with lesson plandoc

Curricular Connections

Ordinary Human lesson plandocx

Downloaded from YoutubeOrdinary Human-OneRepublic (Official Lyrics) [HQ]mp4

httplisteningadventurescarnegiehallorganimatedhistoryCarnegiehtml

Great overview of US History from 1891 when Carnegie Hall was built

How Can You Integrate the Arts

bull Donrsquot force it

bull Start by looking for ways music drama visual art or movement can be used to enhance what yoursquore teaching Whatever you are teaching an artist has probably already created something about it All you have to do is find it

bull Look for the natural overlaps between one content area and one arts area

bull Learn key arts vocabulary so that you can help the students create

Fine_Arts_Visual_GPS_Final_2-11-2010pdf

Fine_Arts_Theatre_GPS_Final_2-11-2010pdf

GPS Music Appreciation 6-12 8-23-10pdf

Do you see

any

overlapping

vocabulary

between the ELA

standards

and these

Theater Arts

standards

(4th Grade)

Do you see any overlapping vocabulary between the ELA standards and these Visual Arts standards (2nd Grade)

Do you see any overlapping vocabulary between the content standards and these Music standards (Middle School)

bull Research supports using the arts to reach and teach kids but Irsquod rather show you

bull Listen to this song by Amy Grant called ldquoChildren of the Worldrdquo ndash I call it ldquoWhy I Teachrdquo

ndashMy husband calls it ldquoWhy Andrea Spends So Much Time Looking for These Crazy Art Connectionsrdquo

ndash Downloaded from YoutubeChildren Of The World - Amy Grant [Lyrics]mp3

Do you see any overlapping vocabulary between the ELA standards and these Visual Arts standards (2nd Grade)

Do you see any overlapping vocabulary between the content standards and these Music standards (Middle School)

bull Research supports using the arts to reach and teach kids but Irsquod rather show you

bull Listen to this song by Amy Grant called ldquoChildren of the Worldrdquo ndash I call it ldquoWhy I Teachrdquo

ndashMy husband calls it ldquoWhy Andrea Spends So Much Time Looking for These Crazy Art Connectionsrdquo

ndash Downloaded from YoutubeChildren Of The World - Amy Grant [Lyrics]mp3

Do you see any overlapping vocabulary between the content standards and these Music standards (Middle School)

bull Research supports using the arts to reach and teach kids but Irsquod rather show you

bull Listen to this song by Amy Grant called ldquoChildren of the Worldrdquo ndash I call it ldquoWhy I Teachrdquo

ndashMy husband calls it ldquoWhy Andrea Spends So Much Time Looking for These Crazy Art Connectionsrdquo

ndash Downloaded from YoutubeChildren Of The World - Amy Grant [Lyrics]mp3

bull Research supports using the arts to reach and teach kids but Irsquod rather show you

bull Listen to this song by Amy Grant called ldquoChildren of the Worldrdquo ndash I call it ldquoWhy I Teachrdquo

ndashMy husband calls it ldquoWhy Andrea Spends So Much Time Looking for These Crazy Art Connectionsrdquo

ndash Downloaded from YoutubeChildren Of The World - Amy Grant [Lyrics]mp3

bull Were you moved

bull Your kids are moved too when they listen move create and respond

andreaantepenkofranklink12gaus

I teach 7th grade at Franklin County Middle School in a co-teaching andor resource environment

andreaantepenkofranklink12gaus

I teach 7th grade at Franklin County Middle School in a co-teaching andor resource environment