Project blends music, dance, pottery into many lessons
It has been said that one of the harder parts of being a teacher is getting students to pay attention and become excited about their lessons.
Craig Welle, executive director of Arkansas Learning Through the Arts, said music can be used to teach all kinds of core subjects.
“Listening to the ‘1812 Overture’ can connect the class to history. ‘The Moth,’ by Vivaldi, has the longest string of 16th notes, and math teachers can relate that to units and division,” Welle said. “For science, there is the study of sound waves. The eras of music are social history, and music reflects the different cultures of the world. There are many things that can be taught with music and the arts.”
