Kaaveh Akbari -- ELA

http://prezi.com/ygohioa6onlj/arts-integration/

This first link is an example of arts integration in an AP US History class.  The creator did a neat job of presenting her ideas with the use of Prezi.  She explained what arts integration is,and then she included ideas for projects.  For example, she has her students produce a radio or TV commercial as well as designing a Time magazine cover for a specific era.

http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=arts%20integrated%20classroom

For the above link, a suggestion that I have for everyone is just doing a search on Pinterest on arts integrated classrooms.  You can easily get lost for hours just going through the different ideas posted on the site.  From searching Pinterest, I found a book that I want to get my hands on -- "Living History in the Classroom: Integrative Arts Activities for Making Social Studies Meaningful."

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-resources-lesson-plans?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=STW-arts-integration

For this last link, this is a nice resource that you could point someone to if they are interested in arts integrated teaching, and you don't necessarily have the time to fill them in.  This is something that hopefully we all could pitch in to create ourselves for CCSD.  It's a site that explains arts integration, has sample lesson plans, and even has links to other resources (such as the Kennedy Center and AIS).

I do have to say that while searching the net for "arts integration" in education, I was frustrated to find a lot of things incorrectly labeled as "arts integration" when it truly should have been "arts enhacement."  I'm glad that we've learned the difference between the two as I felt a sense of internal snootiness to read or view a link about "arts integration" only to recognize it was truly "arts enhancement."  Because of this, I won't look like an amateur around those that are truly familiar with arts integration.