Master Resource List

Chapter 1: Introduction

• The Benefits of an Arts-rich Curriculum
• Historical Context
• Secondary Students

Chapter 2: The Research

• Back to the Basics vs. the Arts
• The Eight Intelligences
• Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
• The Arts and Success for All
• The Arts Education Partnership: How Art Forms Benefit Students
• Recommended Actions

Chapter 3: Using Music to Improve Literacy

• Using Music to Engage and Motivate Students to Read
• Integration Strategies—Music for Engaging and Motivating Students
• Your Turn
• Integration Strategies—Using Music to Teach Reading Skills
• Using Music to Teach Reading Skills
• Recommended Actions

Chapter 4: Using the Fine Arts to Improve Literacy

• Integration Strategies—Fine Arts for Enhancing Reading Activities
• ‘Reading’ Artwork
• Your Turn
• Integration Strategies—Engaging in Fine Arts Activities to Assist Reading Instruction
• Recommended Actions

Chapter 5: Using the Performing Arts to Improve Literacy

• Expressive Speech
• Integration Strategies—Using a Kinesthetic Approach to Learning
• Integration Strategies—Responding to Performance Arts
• Recommended Actions

Chapter 6: What the Future Holds

• Support for the Arts in Education
• Partners in Promoting Change
• Recommendations
• Moving Forward: Looking at Arts Education and Research Recommendations
• Recommended Actions

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