Create a thematic unit that teaches a particular subject and incorporates all six art forms – drama, poetry, music, visual arts, movement and storytelling.
Your unit should give
-the rationale of why it is important to integrate the arts,
-the benefits of integrating arts into the curriculum,
-why/how incorporating the arts can enhance learning.
Choose a subject and grade level that is relevant to you, your current teaching or future teaching. You may even choose a unit of study from your current curriculum and reshape it by integrating all of the art forms into it.
The unit should include grade level, subject, rationale for teaching the unit, rationale for integrating the arts, objectives, activities for each art form, materials needed, and any further applications or explanations that are possible. The unit should be thorough enough that you could pick it up and start teaching it in your classroom next week.
