The Arts in Every Classroom
A Video Library, K-5
| Series Information |
Curricular Areas:
The Arts, Professional Development |
| Length:14/30 Minute Programs, CC |
| Grade Levels: Professional Development |
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Filmed in elementary schools around the country this workshop
shows K-5 classroom teachers and arts specialists in dance, music, theater
and visual arts using the arts in a variety of successful ways. The programs
will show the specialists at work, present new ideas for Arts in the General
classroom and the challenges of Organizing for the Arts.
Episode Descriptions
1 Introducing Arts Education — This program includes three
segments: What Is Arts Education? shows a montage of insights from teachers
and administrators, plus examples of successful arts instruction in classrooms
across America. What Are the Arts? presents teachers, administrators,
students, and parents who offer thoughtful and sometimes humorous comments
on what the arts mean to them. In How Do You Know They’re Learning?
educators from several schools tell how they know if their students are
"getting it."
2 Expanding the Role of the Arts Specialist —Three arts teachers
go beyond their traditional work by using collaborative techniques with
colleagues around their school.
3 Teaching Dance — Two teachers with contrasting training
and approaches to teaching bring rich dance experiences to students at
their arts–based schools. A former physical education teacher at
P.S. 156 (The Waverly School of the Arts) in Brooklyn, New York, uses
African dance as a gateway to geography, writing, and personal growth
for a class of second–graders.
4 Teaching Music —Two music specialists from arts–based
schools demonstrate different approaches to serving diverse student populations.
At an elementary school in Mableton, Georgia, all 500 students study the
violin. Their classes become lessons in character and discipline. At Smith
Renaissance School of the Arts in Denver, a class of fifth–graders
explores the Renaissance through choral singing.
5 Teaching Theater —Two specialists work on basic theatre
skills with children of various ages, and use theatre education as a gateway
to other kinds of learning.
6 Teaching Visual Arts —Two visual art specialist teachers
use contrasting interpretations of the human face to explore inquiry–based
instruction and various techniques in visual art.
7 Developing an Arts-Based Unit — A team of first– and
second–grade teachers at an alternative elementary school in New
Orleans plans a year–end project that will let students show what
they have learned in science, math, and English. The students write and
perform an original play, using a painting by Breughel and an opera by
Stravinsky as their starting points.
8 Working With Local Artists —Students and teachers at P.S.
156 (The Waverly School of the Arts) in Brooklyn, New York, benefit from
the school’s established relationships with artists from local organizations.
This program focuses on a first–grade class creating original works
with visiting artists — a dancer and a writer.
9 Collaborating With a Cultural Resource — A fourth–grade
teacher and a museum educator in New Orleans collaborate to develop a
unit of study with ties to language arts, social studies, and visual art.
Students explore the work of a well–known artist, visit an exhibition
of his work, meet for a drawing lesson alongside the Mississippi River,
and create poems and pictures that they proudly display to their parents.
10 Bringing Artists to Your Community —Successful collaborations
between classroom teachers and artists who come for a residency enrich
the curriculum of this rural school in Idalia, Colorado. A visiting actor
brings story–telling and vocabulary to life for kindergarten and
fourth–grade students and their teachers, while a musician engages
first– and third–grade students in writing songs that relate
to subjects they are studying.
11 Students Create a Multi-Arts Performance — A team of arts
specialists and classroom teachers guides kindergarten and fourth–grade
students in creating an original work based on Cirque du Soleil’s
Quidam. The program presents highlights of the creative process, including
brainstorming about characters’ emotions, creating speech and movement
for the characters, constructing costumes, and performing.
12 Borrowing From the Arts To Enhance Learning —To add vitality
and context to day–to–day learning experiences, three teachers
use techniques drawn from the arts that engage their students’ minds,
bodies, and emotions.
13 Leadership Team — At an elementary school in New Orleans,
the principal works closely with a Leadership Team of classroom and arts
teachers. The team’s central role in management is part of a long–term
strategy to protect the school’s commitment to arts–based learning.
14 Three Leaders at Arts-Based Schools — Three administrators
provide instructional leadership and solve day–to–day challenges
at arts–based schools serving diverse student populations.
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