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Arts Subject:
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| A Guide to Authentic Assessments
This How-To is a guide to understanding and using authentic assessments.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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| Art Critiques Made Easy
Are you considering leading an art critique but are worried about receiving one-word responses and shrugs from students?
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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Assessing for Understanding
This is the third How-To in the series, Teaching for Understanding in the Visual and Performing Arts, based on the principles of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue. |
Visual Arts |
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| Bringing the Classroom to Life with Role-Play
Use role-play to activate your students' imaginations.
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Theater |
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| Classical Music across the Curriculum
Master Teacher Jayne Karsten shares ideas for using classical music to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom.
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Music |
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| Coaching Youth Storytellers
Storyteller and educator Kevin Cordi gives tips for coaching students in storytelling.
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Theater |
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Creating Desired Results for Understanding
This is the second How-To in the series, Teaching for Understanding in the Visual and Performing Arts based on the principles of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue. |
Visual Arts |
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Creative Conflict: Resolving & Avoiding Conflict in Group Art Projects
Ten Tips to Resolving Conflict! |
Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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| Dancing the Elements
This list of elements is presented to jump-start non-dancers’ thinking about the art of dance.
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Dance |
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| Dancing the Everyday
If you haven't studied or taught dance, these tips will help you get started.
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Dance |
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Designing Teaching and Learning Activities
This is the fourth How-To in the series, Teaching for Understanding in the Visual and Performing Arts based on the principles of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue. |
Visual Arts |
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| Elements of Kabuki Applied to Macbeth
Use elements of Kabuki theater to introduce students to Japanese arts and culture, and reinterpret theatrical works.
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Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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| Filmmaking: Creating and Organizing the Story
This How-To covers the basics for creating a classroom film project.
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Theater |
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| Filmmaking: The Story Becomes a Film
This How-To offers tips and suggestions to sharpen the technical and organizational skills involved in filmmaking.
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Theater |
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| Five Easy Drama Games for the Early Elementary Classroom
Interested in fostering creativity in the classroom but lack the space or resources for an elaborate theater production?
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Theater |
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| Formal Visual Analysis: The Elements & Principles of Composition
Formal analysis is an important technique for organizing visual information. In other words, it is a strategy used to translate what you see into written words. This strategy can be applied to any work of art, from any period in history, whether a photograph, sculpture, painting or cultural artifact.
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Visual Arts |
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| From Flyer to Slammaster
Teach your students art of the poetry slam!
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General |
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| Managing Arts in the Classroom
This How-To offers guidance for managing arts-related classroom projects.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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| Managing Creative Movement in the Classroom
Arts educator Harlan Brownlee offers tips for managing student movement activities in your classroom.
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Dance |
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| Playwriting with Your Students
These tips will help you use playwriting to help students understand and relate to a variety of curricula.
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Theater |
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| Pulling Together
This How-to is a guide to bringing the culture of school closer to the ethnic and cultural backgrounds from which the students derive.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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| Teaching Students to Critique
This How-To covers the basic elements of art critique.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
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| Telling a Character's Story
Engage your audience and honor your story with believable, effective characterization.
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Theater |
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| Telling the Story
These tips will improve your storytelling.
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Theater |
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| The Basics of Storytelling
Telling a story is a lot like giving a gift.
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Theater |
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| The Better the Poem, the Better the Performance
Get and keep your young poets excited about their new work!
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General |
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The Importance of Understanding
This is the first How-To in the series, Teaching for Understanding in the Visual and Performing Arts, based on the principles of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue. |
Visual Arts |
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| The Language of Photography
This How-To offers tips for selecting and arranging visual elements to communicate ideas and create memorable photographs.
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Visual Arts |
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| There's a Song in Everyone: Tips on Composing a Simple Corrido
Music is widely studied and enjoyed around the world. Here are six tips for teachers trying to inspire students to put music to original poetry, using the Mexican song style or form called the corrido.
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Music |
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| Turning Students into Songwriters: Tips on Writing Corrido Lyrics
Enhance students' cultural understanding and creative writing skills through the study and composition of corrido lyrics.
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Music |
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