Arts+Integration

= Integrated Arts =

==== Arts integration is a student centered pedagogy that combines teaching in two or more subject areas. Integrated instructions allows students to gain a //deeper // understanding of important concepts among multiple subjects. Such an approach allows students to apply knowledge learned in one area to another area. In arts integration, the arts constitutes one or more of the subject areas (dance, music, theatre, visual arts). Arts integration helps to reaffirm the relevance of the arts in school curriculum. ("What is integrated," 2009). ====


 * An integrative approach to teaching connects visualization with reading comprehension, contextualizes math, or brings an experiential context to the science or social studies classroom.
 *  Using the arts can assist students in understanding and applying skills to standardized exams.
 *  Focus and concentration can be developed through an appreciation and application of different learning styles, such as linguistic, visual or kinesthetic thinking.
 * Through the connection of personal experience with the subject matter, and an emphasis on the process of discovery which allows for unexpected outcomes, teachers help students to develop more complex thinking skills.
 * Through the integration of perception into cognition, and expression into reflection, students perform at a significantly higher level ("Arts Integration,")

Explanation of Arts Integration from the Executive Director of Creative Directions:
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Blogs and Websites:

ArtsEdge is a website created by the Kennedy Center. It is full of rich integrated arts information for both teachers and students.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx

A Blog from the Integrated Arts Academy. Contains great examples of students' integrated arts projects as well as how teachers use integrated arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">[|__http://integratedartsacademy.wordpress.com/__]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">A “How To” for how to plan a lesson using integrated arts:
====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">[|__http://youthinarts.org/blog/planning-an-arts-integrated-unit__] ====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Articles:
====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">An example of how middle schoolers learned the concepts of diameter and radius through the shapes and sounds of Balinese musical instruments. ====

====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Even though some district budgets no longer allow for art programs, many schools are infusing arts into main subjects such as math, social studies, english, and science ==== ====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">[|__http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-01-08/news/bs-ho-arts-integration-20110106_1_arts-integration-language-arts-social-studies__] ====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">An example of first graders using art to show contour lines in their environment ("Integrated arts academy," 2012).
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">This piece is not just art for the sake of art. It is an integrated lesson on art elements lesson combining shape, contour lines, and seasons.

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<span style="background-color: #9eb8ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: small;">More examples of integrated art lessons

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Medium: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Colored pencil <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Concept: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Characterization || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; display: block; font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;"><span class="style_1" style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">“Where the Action Is”  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Art Form: <span class="style_2" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Horizon Line <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Medium: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Chalk Pastel <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Concept: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Setting || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; display: block; font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;"><span class="style_1" style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">“Ribbajack”  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Art Form: <span class="style_2" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Line <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Medium: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Marker <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Concept: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Poetry || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;"><span class="style_1" style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">“Eaglecrest Reflection” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Art Form: <span class="style_2" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Drawing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Medium: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Colored Pencil <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Concept: Poetry || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; display: block; font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;"><span class="style_1" style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">“Alaskan Action Figure” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Art Form: <span class="style_2" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Sculpture <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Medium: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Miscellaneous <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Concept: <span class="style_3" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Southeast Alaska Native Groups || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">(Art is elementary, 2012)
 * [[image:http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/~heagyl/ArtIsElementary/4th_Grade_files/shapeimage_2.png]] || [[image:http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/~heagyl/ArtIsElementary/4th_Grade_files/shapeimage_3.png]] || [[image:http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/~heagyl/ArtIsElementary/4th_Grade_files/shapeimage_4.png]] || [[image:http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/~heagyl/ArtIsElementary/4th_Grade_files/shapeimage_5.png]] || [[image:http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/~heagyl/ArtIsElementary/4th_Grade_files/shapeimage_6.png]] ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; display: block; font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;"><span class="style_1" style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">“The Thief” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #584d4d; font-family: Arial-BoldMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Art Form: <span class="style_2" style="font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif;">Portraits


 * <span style="color: #584d4d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">References **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 180%;">4th Grade Projects. (n.d.). Juneau School District. Retrieved November 21, 2012, from http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/~heagyl/ArtIsElementary/4th_Grade.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Arts integration. (n.d.). Retrieved from
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">What is integrated arts education?. (2009). Retrieved from
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">http://www.artseducation.org/integratedartscurr.html