Gain a better understanding of why and how to use the arts to reach and engage students beyond traditional arts courses! This teacher-friendly resource for integrating the arts into curriculum provides practical, arts-based strategies for teaching language arts content. Overview information and model lessons are provided for each strategy and ideas are provided for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The strategies for arts integration addressed in the book allow teachers to make language arts integration and instruction come alive. Teachers will gain a clear understanding of the arts influence in making content-area instruction meaningful and relevant for all students to best meet their needs.
Jennifer M. Bogard, Ph.D., is an educator, author, and poet. As an adjunct professor at Lesley University, she teaches courses in literacy and integrating literacy and the arts. Dr. Bogard taught elementary school for nearly two decades and is a former literacy coach. She presents for schools and professional organizations and has authored books for educators, journal articles, and curriculum guides. As a poet, Jennifer writes books for children including The ABCs of Plum Island, Massachusetts.
Lisa Donovan, Ph.D., is a professor in the Fine and Performing Arts Department at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Previously, she served as Lesley University’s Director of the Creative Arts in Learning Division. Dr. Donovan has published widely and presented across the country and internationally on arts integration, rural arts education, and arts integration assessment. She is the 2021 Recipient of the Massachusetts Arts|Learning Irene Buck Service to Arts Education Award.