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Arts Integration

Bringing the arts into core curricula raises student achievement and improves student engagement. Discover and share strategies for integrating the arts throughout core subject areas.

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    Here are a few ways middle school teachers use films in literature lessons to help students learn to delve deeper into the texts they’re reading.
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    Combining simple exercises with math instruction can help ensure that elementary school students remember these lessons.
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  • How Music Primes the Brain for Learning

    To reap the benefits of music on learning, kids need consistent and abundant musical practice, according to the latest cognitive research.
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  • Transforming a School Through Arts Integration

    Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.
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  • How—and Why—to Introduce Visual Note-Taking to Your Students

    Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.
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  • Using Films to Explore Social Justice Issues

    Lesson plans for Ava DuVernay’s films and television series guide students to explore social justice issues in the classroom.
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  • Using Theatrical Activities to Teach Problem-Solving

    Students can participate in collaborative and engaging activities that promote critical-thinking skill development.
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  • Using Visual Thinking Strategies in the Classroom

    A visual technique developed in a museum can boost students’ classroom discourse, critical thinking, and evidence-based argumentation.
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  • Art as Text: Bridging Literacy and the Arts

    Young students can apply language skills to learn to 'read art,' including their own work.
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  • Music Training Can Be a Literacy Superpower

    When kids study music—intensively and over long periods of time—they become better readers. Here’s what’s at play.
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