The+Arts

=** The Arts- **= =Note to Teacher: When attempting to challenge gifted learners, THE ARTS can often engage students in all content areas while uncovering students' personal interests. Pre-assess your students and tap into the possibilities of uncovering //Art// within the Curriculum. = = = =Students may be preassessed for //learning style// and/or //interest.// = ==

===Enduring Understanding: //The arts can reflect the aesthetic core of the artist as well as society (culture). //===


 * Essential Questions: **


 * Why is art necessary?
 * How do we express ourselves through the arts?
 * How does art reflect culture or change it?
 * How does art change over time?
 * Data shows that students that are enrolled in rigorous, comprehensive arts programs in school are more likely to achieve academically, develop leadership skills, participate in extra-curricular activities, and attend school regularly. How might you explain this?
 * Why are art courses included in most educational programs?
 * How do the arts reflect culture?
 * How can art have a positive effect upon one’s emotions?
 * How can art benefit society?


 * Possible Strategies //(Art in the Core Curriculum):// **
 * Parallel Curriculum Model - engaging the students as true disciplinarians in authentic work within their fields
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity - stretching students far beyond the standards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Paul’s Reasoning - exposes the students to perspective, concepts, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Independent Study - honor students' passions/interests

=LITERATURE=




 * Implementing literature into the core content may also engage students. When given the opportunity, your students may see how society impacts the author's work. Collaboration with peers, the gifted resource teacher, and library media specialists will assist in designing a list of stimulating questions for the students. Guiding students with their research in areas of interest will help the students discover another role for literature in their lives.**
 * Our English classes are an obvious fit for thinking critically and creatively when using literature: uncovering plot, setting, and theme, or character analyses. But what about math, science, and social studies? Giving students the opportunity to research the seeds of literature within those core classes may produce new experiences for everyone.**

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=VISUAL ARTS=

Practical Art: painting, drawing, sculpting, and ceramics are introduced to students from a foundation of basic skills. Encouraging our students to think from an original perspective is "structured" from this skill-base of knowledge. As the students become efficient with the skills, then their creativity may surface. Creativity, according to many artists, is a series of solving problems. Example: Michelangelo did not enter the Sistine Chapel one sunny morning, tools in hand and begin to apply his paint. He spent months dealing with the problems: =MUSIC=