Download or read book Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts written by Claudia E. Cornett and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2011 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For pre-service and graduate level courses in Arts Integration, Art Methods, Music Education, Drama Education, Dance Education, and Literacy Block Courses. The new edition of this best selling text on arts-based teaching redefines literacy in light of the 21st century need for multiple literacies. The arts (literature, visual art, drama, dance, and music) are presented as core communication vehicles necessary to understand and express thoughts and feelings at the core of digital and multimedia communication. This research-based handbook provides teachers with an Arts Integration Blueprint, comprised of 10 building blocks for arts-based instruction that includes collaborative unit planning, best arts-based teaching practices, and assessment for learning. The Five Seed Strategy chapters provide a compendium of activities to jumpstart the use of literature, art, music, drama, and dance as integral teaching tools for science, social studies, math, and literacy instruction.