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Teaching Curriculum Through the Arts


A CALL FOR UNITY OF PURPOSE 3
A HISTORY OF CES 4
DEDICATION 6
NIGHT LIGHT 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
KEY 15


PREFACE 16

Arts-in-Education promotes... 16
  • Self-Esteem 16
  • Cooperation 16
  • In-Depth Understanding of Curriculum 16
  • Communication Skills 16
  • Creative Problem Solving 17
  • Discipline Control 17
  • Self-Expression 17
  • Authentic Assessment 17
  • Challenges to Gifted and Talented Students 17


    CHAPTER ONE
    What is Arts-in-Education? 18

    IMAGINE... 18
    TURN ON THE LIGHT 19
    ARTISTS AT HEART 21
    A DEFINITION OF ARTS-IN-EDUCATION 21
    ENOUGH TALK, ALREADY… 22
    STRETCHING THE IMAGE 23
    The Stick Game 23
  • ACTIVITY: THE STICK GAME 23
  • ACTIVITY: FREE ASSOCIATION. 24
    CREATIVITY AND CHAOS IN THE CLASSROOM 24
    ACCOMPLISHMENT SCHEDULE FORM - SAMPLE 26
    ENERGY - KEY TO SUCCESS 27
    HOW DOES ENERGY WORK? 27
  • ACTIVITY: BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS. 27
    EMOTIONS AS ENERGY 28
    TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION: ENERGY TRANSFER 28
  • ACTIVITY: CONTROLLING EMOTIONS. 29
    THOUGHTS AS ENERGY 29
  • ACTIVITY: THOUGHT TRANSFER. 29
    CHANGES IN ENERGY 30
  • ACTIVITY: MOOD CHANGES. 30
    FOCUSING ENERGY 30
  • ACTIVITY: ENERGY FOCUS. 30
    FAILURE AND SUCCESS 31
    PRESS ON 33


    CHAPTER TWO
    Creative Drama 34

    IMPROVISATION 35
    WARMING UP 35
    THEATRE GAMES FOR STUDENTS 36
  • ACTIVITY: HELLO GAME. 36
  • ACTIVITY: NON-STOP TALKING. 36
  • ACTIVITY: MIRROR GAME. 37
  • ACTIVITY: STATUES. 38
  • ACTIVITY: MINI-MAXI MIME. 39
  • : TENNIS BALL. 40
  • ACTIVITY: NAME GAME. 40
  • : STICK GAME. 41
    DOIN' THE STICK 43
  • ACTIVITIES: "DOIN’ THE STICK" SONG 44
  • ACTIVITIES: ADD-ONS. (Also called "Parts of a Whole" games) 44
    POINTS FOR EMPHASIS IN PLAYING CLASSROOM GAMES 45
    DEVELOPING YOUR OWN ARTS-IN-EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 45
    NARRATIVES 46
    GAMES 46
  • ACTIVITY: QUIZ SHOW 46
  • ACTIVITY: DISCRIMINATION SIMULATION 46
  • ACTIVITY: LETTER RECOGNITION 47
    RITUALS 47
  • ACTIVITY: GIFT RITUAL 47
    SYSTEMS 47
    THE WORD POEM 47
  • ACTIVITY: THE WORD POEM 48
  • ACTIVITIES IN AWARENESS 50
  • ACTIVITY: LISTENING 50
  • ACTIVITY: HEARING RECALL 50
  • ACTIVITY: CONSCIOUSNESS WALK 51
    IMPROVISING SCENES 51
  • ACTIVITY: BASIC IMPROV 52
  • ACTIVITY: IMAGE IMPROVS 52
  • ACTIVITY: IMPROVISATION 53
  • ACTIVITY: ADVANCED IMPROVISATIONS: FIRST LINE/LAST LINE 53
    GETTING STUDENTS "PSYCHED" TO IMPROVISE A PLAY 54
    MAKING THE PLAY 54
    REHEARSING 55
  • ACTIVITY: EXPRESSING EMOTIONS 55
    COSTUMES, PROPS, SCENERY, SOUND AND LIGHTS 56
    PERFORMANCE 56
    CLASSROOM THEATRE 57
    THEATRE FORMS FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM 58
    NARRATED PANTOMIME 58
    IMPROVISATION (ROLE PLAYING): 59
    STORY THEATRE 59
    SCRIPTED MATERIAL 60
  • ACTIVITY: CHARACTERIZATION 60


    CHAPTER THREE
    The Arts as Teaching Strategies 62

    MAKING CONNECTIONS 62
    THE TEDDY BEAR TECHNIQUE 63
  • ACTIVITY: TEDDY BEAR TECHNIQUE 63
  • ACTIVITY: STRETCHING THE IMAGE WITH WORDS 63
  • ACTIVITY: CREATIVE CURRICULUM EXTRAPOLATION 64
  • ACTIVITY: INTEGRATING MATH WITH THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 65
  • ACTIVITY: SCIENCE EXTRAPOLATION 65
  • ACTIVITY: MAGIC AND SCIENCE 65
  • ACTIVITY: STONE SOUP CELEBRATION 66
    AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE 67
    SUBJECTS FOR REPORTS BY GOD AND GODDESS TEAMS 67
  • ACTIVITY: MOUNT OLYMPUS GAME 68
    THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVITY 69
  • ACTIVITY: OBSERVATION 69
    SPACE 70
    TIME 70
    LIGHT 70
    MOVEMENT 70
    COLOR 70
    LINE 70
    SHAPE 70
    FORM 71
    SOUND 71
    PATTERN 71
    RHYTHM 71
    TEXTURE 71
  • ACTIVITY: CREATION MYTH 72
    CREATION 72
    THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM 73
    FASCINATING FACT EXTRAPOLATION 75
  • ACTIVITY: FASCINATING FACT EXTRAPOLATION 75
    EXAMPLE: 75
    INFERENCES (Probabilities): 76
    IMPLICATIONS (Possibilities) 76
    SIGNIFICANCE 76
    EXTRAPOLATION: (Based on inferences, implications and significance of the selected fact) 76
    COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES 76
    AFFECTIVE ACTIVITIES 77
    SYMBOLS 78
  • ACTIVITY: COLOR WORD POEM 79
  • ACTIVITY: COLOR COMBINATION POEM 79
  • ACTIVITY: COLOR COMBINATION FEELINGS 79
  • ACTIVITY: COLOR COMBINATION PATTERNS 79
  • : MOVEMENT QUALITIES 80
  • ACTIVITY: LISTENING 80
  • : SHAPE MEANINGS 80
  • ACTIVITY: SHAPES IN CULTURE 80
  • : FORMS IN CULTURE 81
  • ACTIVITY: PATTERN MAKING JJJ 81
  • : PATTERNS IN PRIMARY COLORS 81
  • ACTIVITY: TEXTURE EXPLORATION 82
    COLOR 82
  • ACTIVITY: RAINBOW VISUALIZATION 85
    LINE 86
    ANIMAL SYMBOLS 88
  • ACTIVITY: ANIMAL CHARACTERIZATION 89


    CHAPTER FOUR
    Designing the Arts-Based Thematic Curriculum 90

    JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 93
  • ACTIVITY: LETTER RECOGNITION 93
  • ACTIVITY: RECOGNIZING INSTRUMENTS 95
  • ACTIVITY: PICTURE STATUES 95
  • ACTIVITY: WEATHER 95
  • : ACTING WORD PROBLEMS 95
  • ACTIVITY: VOCABULARY GAME 96
    LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE 97
    CURRICULUM WHEEL - JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 99
    CURRICULUM WHEEL - LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE 99
    CURRICULUM WHEEL - REPRODUCIBLE 100
    THE THEATRICALIZATION OF NON-DRAMATIC MATERIAL 101
  • ACTIVITY: SETTING IMPROV 101
  • ACTIVITY: CHARACTER WALK 102
  • ACTIVITY: SILLY WALKS 102
    GUIDELINES FOR THEATRICALIZATION 104
    LITERATURE 104
    HISTORICAL EVENTS 104
    BIOGRAPHIES, REPRESENTATIONS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS 105
    THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF CLEAR OBJECTIVES 106
    CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES 107
  • ACTIVITY: CLOUD FORMATIONS 107
  • ACTIVITY: GEOMETRY ART 107
  • ACTIVITY: VOCABULARY AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE 107
  • ACTIVITY: POINTS OF VIEW IN THE CIVIL WAR 107
    BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES © 108
    THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES 109
    INVENTORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES SELF EVALUATION 111
    MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE INVENTORY GRAPH 115
    SAMPLE 116
    MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE INVENTORY GRAPH 116
    MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE TEACHING/ LEARNING STRATEGIES 117
    AM I TEACHING ALL MY CHILDREN? A Learning Modalities Evaluation 119
    THE POETRY OF PERCEPTION: 121
    Improving Writing Skills Through Multiple Intelligences 121


    CHAPTER FIVE
    Artists in the Classroom 122

    FROM THE TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVE 122
    FROM THE ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE 122
    RECOMMENDATIONS: PLEASE DO: 123
    RECOMMENDATIONS: PLEASE DON’T 124
    RECOMMENDATIONS: PLEASE DO 124
    RECOMMENDATIONS: PLEASE DON’T 125
    FIVE LEVELS OF ARTS RESIDENCY IN THE CLASSROOM 126
    MENTORING: THE SECRET JOY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 127

    PHILOSOPHY, PRINCIPLES, and STRATEGIES 129

    EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY 129
    ARTISTIC PHILOSOPHY 130
    EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES 131
  • Arts in-Education 131
  • Authentic Performance & Portfolio Assessment 131
  • Community Involvement & Participation 131
  • Community Service 131
  • Cultural Literacy 131
  • Integrated Thematic Curriculum 131
  • The Theory of Multiple Intelligences 131
  • Standards: National, State, District & School 131

    APPENDIX A: BIBLIOGRAPHY 132
    APPENDIX B: STORIES TO DRAMATIZE IN THE CLASSROOM 136
    APPENDIX C: MUSIC 138
    A SELECTED LIST of MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS for BACKGROUND MUSIC 138
    APPENDIX D: ARTS-IN-EDUCATION RESOURCES 139
    INDEX 143

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