My very 1st powerpoint ever! This really doesn't do it justice since the transitions,animations, and audio won't show up, but it gives an idea of what I have spent the last 2 days on.

1. "To see a world in a grain of
sand, and a heaven in a
wildflower... hold infinity in the
palm of your hand, and eternity
in an hour...”~William Blake
Art and
Music
Created The Roles They Play in Our
By:
Schools…
Rachel N.

2. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to
remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
Art
Through teaching art we can help a child
grow in
the following areas:
• Promote self-esteem
• Recognize elements & principles of art
• Eye/hand coordination (fine motor
skills)
• The ability to learn to create what they
see
• Learn Art History and Culture
• Experience different mediums
• Create a higher level of concentration
and an interest in learning
• Strengthen auditory processing

3. Art is Man's nature. Nature is god's
art. ~James Bailey
Music
Music Facts:
• Playing a musical instrument
significantly enhances the
brainstem's sensitivity to speech
sounds.
• Young Children who take music
lessons show different brain
development and improved
memory over the course of a year.
• Musically trained children
performed better in a memory test
that is correlated with general
intelligence skills such as
literacy, verbal
memory, visiospatial
processing, mathematics, and IQ.

4. Music washes away from the soul the dust of
everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
Music Is Important Because…
 Music majors are the most likely group of
college grads to be admitted to medical
school.
 Students who participate in school band
or orchestra have the lowest levels of
current and lifelong use of alcohol,
tobacco and illicit drugs among any
group in our society.
 High school music students have been
shown to hold higher grade point
averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the
same school.
 78% of Americans feel learning a musical
instrument helps students perform better in
other subjects.
 * Nine out of ten adults and teenagers
who play instruments agree that music
making brings the family closer together.
 With music in schools, students connect
to each other better-greater
camaraderie, fewer fights, less racism and
reduced use of hurtful sarcasm..
 A study of 7,500 university students
revealed that music majors scored the
highest reading scores among all majors
including English, biology, chemistry and
math.

5. “The true work of art is but a shadow of the
divine perfection.”~Michelangelo
Art Is Important Because…
 Creating art helps children discover the
unexpected possibilities of their creativity.
 Art teaches critical thinking rather than getting
the right answer.
 Through art children learn that problems can
have more than one solution and that questions
can have more than one answer.
 Art teaches students about subtleties.
 Art teaches children to evaluate and make good
judgments about qualitative relationships.
 Art reminds us that the limits of our language
do not define the limits of our thinking.
 Art celebrates multiple perspectives and
different ways to see and interpret the world.
 Art teaches students to explore through and
within possible responses.
 Art empowers children to say what cannot be
said.
 Art enables us to discover the range and variety
of what we are capable of doing.
 Including art in the school curriculum shows
students what adults know is important.

6. When the colors work together, they have an
amazing sound, like a good chorus in
harmony. ~Aleksander Titovets
Young people who participate in
Art/Music for at least three hours on
three days each week through at least
one full year are:
• 4 times more likely to be
recognized for academic
achievement.
• 3 times more likely to be elected
Arts Education Facts to class office within their
schools.
Young artists, as compared with • 4 times more likely to
their peers, are likely to: participate in a math and science
• Attend music, art, and dance fair.
• 3 times more likely to win an
classes nearly three times as award for school attendance.
frequently • 4 times more likely to win an
• Participate in youth groups award for writing an essay or
nearly four times as frequently poem.
• Read for pleasure nearly twice
as often
• Perform community service
more than four times as often

7. Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul - and
you answer. ~Terri Guillemets
The Facts are That Art/Music Education…
 Strengthens student problem-solving and critical thinking skills, adding to overall
academic achievement and school success.
 Helps students develop a sense of craftsmanship, quality task performance, and goal-
setting skills needed to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
 Can help troubled youth, providing an alternative to destructive behavior and another
way for students to approach learning.
 Provides another opportunity for parental, community, and business involvement with
schools, including arts and humanities organizations.
 Helps all students develop more appreciation and understanding of the world around
them.
 Helps students develop a positive work ethic and pride in a job well done.
 Makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has
proven to help level the "learning field" across socio-economic boundaries.
 Helps students develop the mind and body by encouraging reflection and higher level
thinking as well as active learning.

8. “Art is the most intense mode of
individualism the world has ever known.”
~Oscar Wilde
Examples of What Students Know and Can Do in the Arts…
 Music  Visual Arts
 71% correctly identified a  53% were able to describe
symphony orchestra as the specific differences in how
type of ensemble that played certain parts of an artist's
a piece self-portrait were drawn
of music
 52% were able to identify
 34% were able to describe
Africa as the region of origin two characteristics of the
for a musical excerpt and medium of charcoal as
could describe a characteristic used in an artist's self-
of the music's style portrait
 20% were able to identify the  19% were able to connect
name of a piano dynamic the formal characteristics
marking and explain its of an artist's self-portrait
meaning
with what the artist was
trying to communicate
Music
Visual Arts
71%
52% 53%
20% 34%
19%

9. Amazing and Beautiful!
Painting Music…
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This is a video of a young man “Painting a Song” for his Art Class.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haO3IWYc1Mw&list=LLXNcGdOnQj_rz8JxGdr5Eqg&feature=
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10. All art requires
courage. ~Anne Tucker
References
http://www.artinaction.org/w/WhyArt
http://www.vh1savethemusic.com/node/317
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-arts-education
http://nvart.wikidot.com/statistics-and-facts
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com
http://www.dosomething.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haO3IWYc1Mw&list=LLXNcGdOnQj_rz8JxGdr5Eqg&feature=mh_lol
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11. The Role of Music and Art…
Education-101-C01
By: Rachel N. Jacoby
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