Integrating the Arts in Social Studies: 30 Strategies

Use the arts to excite, inspire, and motivate students in social studies class! This book provides useful strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in social studies topics. These teacher-friendly strategies bring social studies to life while building students' critical thinking skills and creativity.These teacher-friendly strategies bring social studies to life while building students' creativity and critical thinking skills.Each helpful strategy in this book is accompanied by a model lesson which includes overview information, standards correlation, discussion questions, reproducibles, and more resources.Includes specific examples for each grade range (k–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12) to enhance the learning experience.This research-based, arts integration resource is essential for any teacher looking to build students' creativity and critical thinking skills.