Learning to Read Through the Arts is an intensive, individualized reading program that focuses on the improvement of reading skills through the integration of a total art program with a total reading program. The staff includes reading teachers, art teachers, and classroom teachers working as a team. Listening, speaking, writing, and reading…

The development of students in various art fields is the focus of this K-12 art curriculum guide. The philosophy of the art program and the roles of administrator, teacher, and parent are outlined. The underlying school community relationships, and the objective, goals, and purposes of art education are described. Phases of child development in…

Art activities for educationally subnormal children are presented in the areas of painting, carving, printing, paper construction, mosaics, collages, paper and wire sculpture, embroidery, and a puppet theatre. Seventy-two illustrations provide examples of students' work for each area; suggestions for teachers are included. (RD)

The National Instructional Television Center provides this guide for teachers whose students will be viewing the Images and Things series. The series, composed of 30 films of 20 minutes each, directs attention to the aesthetic and humanistic aspects of art and seeks to help children develop a sense of art appreciation and an ability for art…

Presents a lesson plan which uses Marilyn Levine's "Brown Boots, Leather Laces" to introduce students in grades 10-12 to naturalistic representation and the "trompe l'oeil" artistic tradition. Discusses Levine's background. Includes instructional strategies and student objectives, as well as a photograph of the artwork. (GEA)

Reviews some of the author's own mistakes and successes to help guide other writers and teachers interested in projects in which they collaborate with a visual artist to improve students' writing skills and visual art ability. (MG)

Describes a third and fifth grade social studies curriculum in a New York City school where social studies is integrated into every subject area of the curriculum. The unit on the North American Indians included making musical instruments, wearing and sewing authentic clothes, and planting and cooking food in traditional ways. (GG)

This article outlines steps toward university collaboration with local arts organizations to enhance local cultural life in medium-sized cities. It illustrates these steps with examples from practice and discusses how to maintain ongoing collaborations. Major benefits from such partnerships and factors requiring attention to ensure success are…

Presents a case study of 95 elementary schools within a 50-mile radius of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to discern the extent to which elementary schools use local cultural/arts organizations to enhance teaching and learning. Concludes that most schools made use of available resources and that there is a need for a community "clearinghouse"…

Highlights the importance of including the arts as part of a total Montessori curriculum, regardless of a teacher's talent. Suggests that success in facilitating children's exploration of the arts is achievable via field trips, classroom activities, appropriate materials, and arts integrated into all areas to create an "Art Smart"…

The eight units in this volume are designed for use by an art teacher/specialist. Thematic ideas are presented, while skills, techniques, and materials are not dictated. The lessons encourage students to compare and contrast cultures, understand their own cultural experiences, and explore differences and commonalities among cultures. The materials…

Designed to offer practical and flexible suggestions, this curriculum guide presents art teaching methods for instructing K-6 students in drawing techniques. Information in the guide is presented by grade level and further subdivided into sections on: (1) materials needed; (2) suggested topics; (3) motivation and guidance; (4) activities; and (5)…

This booklet lists approximately 600 arts-related projects and activities which were funded by the approximately 150 separate funding programs in the U.S. Department of Education in 1979. A total appropriation figure of approximately $30 million is presented. The list includes funding for projects that focus on arts education specifically…

Creating with fabrics, yarns, and fibers--from early basic explorations in handling an assortment of cloths and trimmings, through experiments with stitching and weaving, to the designing and making of bags, hats, and costumes that children can use--is the focus of this curriculum guide. For each grade (2-6), guidelines are provided on (1)…

The use of puppetry activities to project children into many different learning situations and environments is the topic of this guide which offers suggestions for making, costuming, and manipulating puppets; creating puppet plays with appropriate settings and dialogue; and producing these dramatizations in finished performances. For grades 2-6,…