by Jenna Smith | Arts Education and Integration, General Education Topics
Many young students aren’t big fans of history. I know I wasn’t when I was in elementary school. Unlike reading and math, some students don’t see the point in studying historical events that happened in the past. They haven’t yet learned the saying “history repeats...
by guest blogger | Arts Education and Integration
When I was in grade school I remember hating history. I knew it was important to learn about, but the material was always so dull and uninteresting. Now that I’m older I love history. History really isn’t dull or boring at all. There are so many big events that have...
by guest blogger | Arts Education and Integration
Art has always been the most effective form of human expression. Anything translated into a piece of art was once an image or a thought in the human mind; this is why art is always a medium of manifesting the human thought and emotion. The human condition has been...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
Not all musical pieces are meant to be heard as stories, but often they can be. Just the other day, my students did a quick write using Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture to create a short story. All this month, I love to do Beethoven-based lessons with my class. ...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration
National Anthem project day is coming up quickly! I love this day. It is a great way to celebrate Patriotism and music as September 14 is the anniversary of the penning of the Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key. The National Anthem project was started by...
