Table of
Contents
chapter one
The Learning Spiral:
A Model for Arts Integration
Introduction
i
Foreword: Taking AIM,
2
Introduction: The Learning Spiral:
Reaching the Mark
A Model for Arts Integration
Eric Booth
Cynthia Weiss and
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
iv
Notes From The Field:
the Editors’ Welcome
4
Cynthia Weiss and
Beginning With the End in Mind
Cynthia Weiss
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
vi
6
A Field Guide to AIMprint:
The AIM Arts Integration
Learning Spiral Model
How to Read This Book
Cynthia Weiss and
7
The AIM Arts Integration
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
Learning Spiral: The Why and
Acknowledgements
Cynthia Weiss and
How of Doing this Work
x
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
xiv
Thank You to Project AIM Supporters
Joanne Vena
xvi
Expanding the Realm of Learning
David A. Flatley
xx
About Project AIM
xxii
Project AIM/FIPSE Goals
xxii
Project AIM Facts
xxiv
About the Center For
Community Arts
Partnerships (CCAP)
xxvii
AIMspeak: A Working Definition
of Arts Integration Terms
chapter two
Diverse Portraits
Of Classroom Life
28
Introduction—Stories Retold:
52
When the World Looks
Diverse Portraits of Classroom Life
At Me What Should It See?
Cynthia Weiss and
Cecil McDonald, Jr.
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
30
56
The Changing Shape of Learning
Do Over
avery r. young
Emmy Bright
34
60
Surprising Relationships:
Déjà Vu: Mentorship All Over Again
Luis Crespo
The Ooh’s And Ahh’s Between
Poetry, Art, Music, and Mathematics
64
Thinking in Pictures:
Process and Product
Jenn Morea
Joel Wanek
38
The Connection
Tricia Hersey
70
The Joy of Critique:
Looking at Students’ Work
42
African American English:
From Start to Finish
The Language Vs. Dialect Debate
Leah Mayers
Lisa Redmond
46
76
English Out Loud
Seeking Inner Truth
Meg Arbeiter
Deborah Guzmán-Meyer
48
Letting Snow Fall in the Classroom:
The Artist as Observer
Julie A. Downey
82
Essential Lessons Learned
chapter Three
Professional Development
As Reflective Practice
84
88
92
98
Introduction:
chapter Four
The Art Of Partnerships
130
Introduction:
Professional Development
The Center Will Hold:
as Reflective Practice
The Role of an Anchor Arts
Cynthia Weiss and
Organization in Arts Partnerships
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
Cynthia Weiss
An Overview of Project AIM
134
Building and Sustaining
Professional Development
Successful Partnerships
Opportunities
Joanne Vena and Dr. Barbara A. Holland
The Language Of Story:
138
Making Lasting Connections:
The Project AIM Summer Institute:
Columbia College Faculty
an Essay In Multiple Voices
in the Community
Cynthia Weiss
George Bailey
The Power of the Chill:
142
Partnerships in Action Across
Columbia College Chicago
Artist Cadre Meetings
as Professional Development
Cynthia Weiss
146
Leadership Matters:
Principals with a Vision
104
108
Spirals and Chills:
Interviews with Dr. Betty J. Allen-Green
The Assessment of
of Theodore Herzl Elementary School
Learning In AIM
and Mrs. Leonor Karl
Deborah Brzoska
of Casimir Pulaski Fine Arts Academy
12 Strategies
152
It Was the Way You Made Us Think:
For Arts Integration
An Interview With Thurgood Marshall
Teaching and Learning
Seventh-Graders
Cynthia Weiss and
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
158
111
Index of Arts Integration Strategies
128
Essential Lessons Learned
Learning with the Boys
Mathias “Spider” Schergen
162
The Learning Arc with Students
Mathias “Spider” Schergen
163
Maintaining Good Partnerships
Mathias “Spider” Schergen
164
Essential Lessons Learned
chapter Five
Featured Curriculum
166
Imagining What’s Possible:
Appendix
252
The Art of Writing
Building an Assessment Matrix
Dr. Barbara A. Holland
Arts-Integrated Curriculum
170
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
254
Assessment Matrix
Developing a Short Film:
259
Project AIM Unit Plan (Blank)
263
Project AIM Strategy Form (Blank)
265
Designing Curriculum
From a Humble Concept
to the Big Screen
Suree Towfignhia
176
The Bridge Project at
Through Big Ideas
A.C.T. Charter School
Dan Godston
178
266
Parallel Processes
269
Bibliography/Resources/Links
280
Contributors’ Bios
Keepin’ It Real
Cynthium Johnson-Woodfolk
180
Reflections On Housing
Our Personal Stories:
A Conversation With
Jamie Lou Thome, AIM Artist,
and Cynthia Weiss
185
Index of Arts Integration Unit Plans
248
Epilogue: Dialogues and Debates
285Index