Who, what, when, where & why? Arts Integration Who, what, when, where & why?
What is arts integration? Arts Integration is an APPROACH to TEACHING in which students construct and demonstrate UNDERSTANDING through an ART FORM. Students engage in a CREATIVE PROCESS which CONNECTS an art form and another subject area and meets EVOLVING OBJECTIVES in both. (Kennedy Center, 2010.)
What does it look like? Drawing on students prior knowledge Providing active hands-on learning with authentic problems for students to solve in divergent ways Arranging opportunities for students to learn from each other to enrich their understandings Engaging students in reflection about what they learned, how they learned it, and what it means to them Using student assessment of their own and peers’ work as part of the learning experience Providing opportunities for students to revise and improve their work and share it with others. Building a positive classroom environment where students are encouraged and supported to take risks, explore possibilities, and where a social, cooperative learning community is created and nurtured. (“Defining Arts Integration” by Lynne B. Silverstein and Sean Layne © 2010, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 3)
Arts & Common Core – Natural Connections Create Perform/Present/Produce Respond Connect
The arts: Art, Music (Band, Chorus, Orchestra), Dance, Drama, Creative Writing Elements of Visual Art: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Value, Space & Form Principles of Design: Balance, Proportion, Pattern/Rhythm, Movement, Unity, Variety, Emphasis Elements of Music: melody, harmony, rhythm, tone, form, tempo and dynamics. Elements of Drama: plot, character, setting and staging, dialogue, and theme (Very similar to Language Arts)
Arts Integration Lesson “seeds” Art Critiques! You already have them analyze, use it through an arts form! Illustrate! Applies to all classes, forms & ideas! Art & Literacy – use artworks, musical pieces, dramatic readings/musicals as writing starters Art, drama, literacy & kinesthetic learning – tableaux!
Arts Integration Lesson “seeds” Use historical scenes & artworks as writing starters or ways to discuss histrocal events from a different perspective. Music & History – “We didn’t start the fire” Art & Math – fractions, ratios, proportion, enlarging, Chuck Close Art & Science – Topography, density & insoluble, color/light, etc
Music & Drama Overall ideas – Use tableaux Write a song, rap, monologue, dramatic play Close reading using music or scripts/plays Compare & contrast through songs, scripts/plays Use readers theater
Resources! There are SOOOooooooooo many! Kennedy Center! THE place for arts information/arts integration Edutopia – lots of arts integration ideas South Carolina Arts Based Curriculum (ABC schools) Pinterest is always awesome, I have a board dedicated to arts integration Your Visual & Performing arts teachers! Art: Katie Dumouchelle & Jeanne Freibert Band/Music: Jay Matheney Chorus/Music: Kristin Jones Drama: Gavin Osborne Orchestra/Music: Cory Zilisch Donorschoose – excellent place for requesting supplies, coming up with brilliant ideas and getting them funded. Ask Mrs. D all about her success!
Activity 1: be an art critic! Let’s walk through the basic steps of an art critique Describe (just the facts, what is known/truthful?) Analyze (use the facts & dig deeper) Interpret (what does it mean to you? Judge (I like it/don’t like it because… or It’s successful/not because…)
The Scream, Edward Munch
The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo
American Gothic, Grant Wood
The Fountain, Marcel Duchamp
Activity 2: Explore Find someone with the same content (same grade level or not) and think about the topics/big ideas for your 1st 6 weeks Are there any concepts you might like to explore with the arts or add an arts component to? Please use the remaining time to explore the resources to connect to your lesson or explore existing lessons Please ASK QUESTIONS! Brainstorm with a partner or ask me/other arts teachers how they might incorporate an arts form.
Big ideas you want to connect?