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Music and Dance Drive Academic Achievement

Tucson elementary schools find success by infusing arts into every discipline. Read the article.

Tucson elementary schools find success by infusing arts into every discipline. Read the article.
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Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Carl Bidleman

Coordinating Producer

  • Amy Erin Borovoy

Editor

  • Karen Sutherland

Production Assistant

  • Doug Keely

Camera Crew

  • Dan Duncan
  • Jacob Sutton
  • Carl Bidleman

Narrator

  • Kris Welch

Original Music

  • Ed Bogas

Executive Producer

  • Ken Ellis
  • © 2009
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved.

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Guidelines and Rubrics for Integrating Arts into the Curriculum

Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA) is a student-achievement program that uses music, dance, and visual arts to teach skills used in reading, writing, math, science, and other subjects. The curriculum, based on brain-development research, is designed to engage specific skills targeted to each grade level. Independent research demonstrates that OMA has dramatically improved test scores and teacher effectiveness. Launched as a pilot program in 2000, OMA now thrives in more than 40 Tucson, Arizona, public elementary schools.

If you'd like to learn more about this Tucson Unified School District program, the nine PDFs below are a good place to start. The classroom teachers, administrators, professional artists, arts-integration specialists, and community leaders who are champions of the program are eager to see it replicated in schools and school districts elsewhere. OMA's Web site offers more detailed information and consulting services.

Excerpts from the Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA) Model Document

PDF Opening Minds through the Arts Overview (224 KB)

PDF OMA Grade-Level Instruction Rubric (36 KB)

PDF Focal Points of the OMA Operation (24 KB)

PDF OMA Core Model (20 KB)

PDF OMA Arts-Integration Rubric (Sample) (36 KB)

PDF OMA Professional Development (40 KB)

PDF OMA Instructional Practices (40 KB)

PDF OMA Start-Up Process (20 KB)

PDF Student Achievement Research (872 KB)

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Yes patterning in music is

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Yes patterning in music is great. I have done patterning using music in my class previously for example drums or keyboard to hear what sound comes next. I just did it as fun though, not really realized then that it was actually keeping the students engaged and allowing them to relate school standards to everyday life.

Excellent for Kindergarten Teachers

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This is a great video and an excellent resource on how to get Kindergarten students and ESOL students actively involved in their learning.

1st grade teacher from Indianapolis, IN

Wow!! I always knew that

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Wow!! I always knew that music was such a good thing to have in the classroom, but this was really eye opening to see all of the things that the teacher used the music to represent. The patterns in math was so cool! It was something that they could really relate to and it was something that they could see just by looking at the teacher. I never knew using music could be so inspiring! :)

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This video reaffirms everything I know to be true about music in education. It is motivating to know this is out there when we are faced with possibly losing our arts in favor of keeping class sizes at a reasonable number. I can't wait to learn more about it!

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This video reaffirms everything I know to be true about music in education. It is motivating to know this is out there when we are faced with possibly losing our arts in favor of keeping class sizes at a reasonable number. I can't wait to learn more about it!

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Thank you to share this video. This concept should be very important point in educational process all over the world. This is the power of music in our body.