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Creative Drama & Theatre Education Resource Site
Contains a large amount of information on creative drama including classroom ideas, theater games, plays for performance, and more.
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Curriculum Rationale
Why are the arts important in education? This article explains why arts education is important to helping develop 21st century skills in todays students.
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Integrating the Arts Throughout the Curriculum
This website presents the rationale and many ideas for integrating arts into different subject areas.
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Teaching for Transfer of Learning
Often times students have difficulty transferring previous knowledge towards new concepts. This article suggests ideas on how to help students transfer their learning from one concept to another. Near the bottom of the page is an article...
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Children's Theatre: Creative Drama
A playwright's website that explores various aspects of children's theatre. Includes definitions, lesson plans, books and plenty of ideas.
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Rand Corp.: Gifts of the Muse: Reframing Debate About Benefits of the Arts [Pdf]
With schools cutting costs, often times arts educators must justify why what they teach is important. This study in pdf format addresses many of the positive outcomes of arts education for students. Many of the benefits relate to 21st...
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Jefferson County Schools: Art Presentations
This site has links to a collection of PowerPoint presentations prepared by teachers for the Performing Arts and for Visual Arts.
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The Benefits of Art Education
As research continues to show, art education is beneficial to the academic success of students. This short but concise article points out why art education is essential in todays world.
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Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century [Pdf]
A brief but enlightening article in pdf format about a successful worker in a bank. The skills he developed while studying the arts are what are attributed to his success.
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Childdrama: Creative Drama Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans with ideas for teachers and students, sorted by age and by type! Wonderful for thematic approaches.
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Boston Globe: Arts Skills Are Life Skills
According to this article "the ability to think outside the box" is exactly what businesses are looking for from prospective employees. This article explains how the arts foster creativity in students thus preparing them for the workforce.
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Benefits of Music Education
The benefits of music education are numerous. This well written article contains many quotes from various sources as to why music education is essential towards developing skills that will enhance the lives of children.
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U.s. House Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting School Based Music Education
Recognizing that music education develops skills for the 21st century workforce, the U.S. House unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 121 in April, 2007. This resolution supports the need to have music education accessible to...
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The Arts a Lifetime of Learning
Read why Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee believes the arts are vital to our education. Some of the key points of the article are academic, social and civil development, economic development and quality of life.
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Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Make a Yo Yo From Recycled Stuff
This activity explains how to use materials that might otherwise be recycled in order to create a yo-yo.
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Post Gazette: Creativity Trumps Analytical Skills in New Economy, Expert Says
In an ever growing trend towards teaching 21st-century skills, it is more and more evident that creative thinking skills are as important as ever in the workplace. This article discusses the role arts education must have in the...
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Creativity Trumps Analytical Skills in New Economy, Expert Says
In an ever growing trend towards teaching 21st-century skills, it is more and more evident that creative thinking skills are as important as ever in the workplace. This article discusses the role of arts education must have in the...
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District Administration: Without Boundaries
Technology is becoming more and more of an integral part of arts education. This article discusses how technology can enhance arts education by helping students explore their own creative talents.
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Children's Music Workshop: Twelve Benefits of Music Education
The benefits of music education are revealed in many studies. This article briefly lists 12 benefits of the value of music education, some of which relate to 21st century skills. In addition, users have access to a list of other music...
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Saving the Economy Through Arts Education
It is the belief of this article that by supporting arts education the future economy can be saved. This is because the arts foster 21st century skills necessary for a growing economy.