This lesson resource focuses on the interdisciplinary study of dinosaurs and provides insight into the work of paleontologists. The plan includes lesson goals and objectives; background preparation; a glossary of terms; a list of supplies; optional supplies; and instructions and suggestions for lesson implementation. Supplies needed include a…

Activities that integrate the fine arts into the regular curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve are presented. These activities were developed by five Oklahoma school districts participating in a one-year inservice program of study and involvement in the arts. Brief descriptions of programs and background information on participating…

An artist and parent describes the potential for a schoolyard renaturalization to be integrated into arts curriculum and some art activities that have been inspired by planting in a schoolyard. (LZ)

The article presents activities that tap into elementary and middle school children's multiple ways of knowing by having them visually express impressions and thoughts about music, and conversely, express their impressions of visual art by creating music. Because most children learn through both visual and auditory senses, they may foster deeper…

Article describes how fifth- and sixth-graders first wrote Japanese Haiku poetry, then made books with batik covers. Materials needed and technique to follow are outlined, with photographs showing some details. (PD)

Using Dramatics students as subjects, high-school art students drew caricatures showing a variety of emotions. Caricature artists and techniques throughout history were also studied, as well as differences between caricatures and cartoons, which pupils also developed. (PD)

Describes how the images of mythical beasts were used in elementary school art projects. Students designed their own mythical beasts in papier-mache sculpture, murals, clay, and cardboard cut-outs, and discussed how the images of mythical beasts were used in literature. (AM)

"Alice in Deutschland" was the theme of an Elementary Arts Methods course for American teachers in Germany. Teachers constructed persons, places, and things in their German environment from a variety of mediums, allowed children to interact with the artwork, and planned a 10-lesson classroom curriculum. (AM)

Presents background and directions for an elementary-level activity combining art and language in which students study verbs and animation techniques. To understand how verbs suggest the passage of time, students visualize action sequences. (AM)

Reports research on providing communication skills through art activities in the primary grades. (RL)

Offers the observations, struggles, and musings of a music teacher as she examines and experiments with the notion of curriculum integration, valuing integrated curriculum while wishing to maintain the integrity of the different disciplines. (SR)

This four-week unit of study for grades 1-3 provides information and activities on 17 different dinosaurs. A 21-item pre- and post-test and a brief history of dinosaurs precede descriptions and full-page drawings of the following dinosaurs: (1) giant plant-eaters (brachiosaurus, brontosaurus, and diplodocus); (2) giant meat-eaters (allosaurus,…

Describes the Museum in the Schools program in Ithaca, New York. Elementary and secondary classes participate in two workshops, one held in school and one in the museum, introducing students to art and its relationship to other subjects. Details of workshops for a high school ceramics class are included. (AM)

Describes a combined local history/printmaking project conducted by students in grades one through nine at Armitage Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Students studied and drew local buildings and printed the results as a calendar. (SJL)

Using three specific works of art, the author demonstrates how a study of selected landscape paintings can be integrated into units on landforms in secondary school earth science and general science courses. (Author/SJL)