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.

6 Smart Ways to Bring the Power of Music Into Your Classroom
Music is an often overlooked—but uniquely powerful—strategy for connecting kids to classroom learning.
Sarah Gonser
5 Home Learning Experiences for the Elementary Grades
Activities that incorporate speaking and listening, reading and writing, math, music, science, art, and drama—and are parent-friendly.
Justine Bruyère
Framing Social Studies Lessons Around Works of Art
Using paintings and other artworks in lessons can help teachers meet content-area standards connected to promoting student inquiry.
Joseph Marangell
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New Studies Link the Arts to Crucial Cognitive Skills
What happens to our brains ‘on art’? New studies—often backed by brain imaging technology—are beginning to dial in on the answers.
Transforming a School Through Arts Integration
Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.
Laura Lee
2019 Education Research Highlights
Does doodling boost learning? Do attendance awards work? Do boys and girls process math the same way? Here’s a look at the big questions that researchers tackled this year.
Youki Terada
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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.
Rock On! How I Taught Focus to a Class That Wouldn’t Sit Still
How an art project on making rock sculptures helped a class of first graders settle down and find their focus.
Natalie Catlett
4 Reasons to Start Class With a Poem Each Day
Make a daily habit of starting every ELA class with a poem—they’re short and intense, connect to other reading, and inspire student writing.
Brett Vogelsinger
Using Rubik’s Cubes to Teach Math
A high school math teacher designed hands-on learning experiences and fostered deep engagement with Rubik’s Cubes.
Dan Van der Vieren
3 Hands-on Learning Activities for English Class
Simple art activities can spark deep thinking about literature in middle and high school English language arts classes.
Jori Krulder
Music as a Teaching Tool
Incorporating music into almost any class can be a great way to teach content—and it doesn’t take special training or expensive resources.
Maria Alegria
Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who's Doing It Best
Art and music are key to student development.
Fran Smith
The 8 Minutes That Matter Most
Like a story, lessons deserve compelling beginnings and endings. From pop culture connections to finishing with a level-up, here are eight strategies for holding students’ attention.
Brian Sztabnik
Using Art in Assessments
An assessment called a one-pager has students use art to show what they know—and it can be used across the curriculum.
Jill Fletcher

Arts Integration

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6 Smart Ways to Bring the Power of Music Into Your Classroom

New Studies Link the Arts to Crucial Cognitive Skills