Arts Binder Downloads • L esson Plans Sites • Teaching Method • Common Core and STEAM •
Assessing Student Work • Museum and National Resources for Teachers

What Exactly Are We Teaching?

21st Century Learning Skills

CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION • CRITICAL THINKING and PROBLEM SOLVING • 

COMMUNICATION • COLLABORATION

Teaching Method: the "Studio Habits of Mind" method

by Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, Kimberly M. Sheridan

• DEVELOPING CRAFT

• ENGAGE AND PERSIST

• ENVISION

• EXPRESS

• OBSERVE

• REFLECT

• STRETCH AND EXPLORE

• UNDERSTAND ART WORLD

Lesson Plan Sites

 Art Lessons for your Classroom

Visual Arts  , Music, Dance, Theater, and Writing 

Tutorials, Videos, Websites, Info

Assessment- How Do I Grade the Arts? 

Answer:  Grade the Process not the Product.

Teaching Artistic Behavior

• • Assessment

  • 21st Century Skills

  • Art Studios in your Classroom