Creativity in the Classroom: An Innovative Approach to Integrate Arts Education provides curricular ideas for enhancing creative work in the classroom through the lens of integrative arts. The authors, both Art and Music Educators, provide practical ways in which to engage in creative thinking and making that can be applied to a variety of educational settings. Their work stems from years in the classroom teaching an integrative arts course at a public school in the United States. Through exploring big ideas such as identity, expression, storytelling, impact, and reaction, students learn to engage in a variety of creative art forms and work with others to create work that is meaningful. Each unit or big idea of study includes an explanation of the philosophy behind the unit, an overview of project ideas, and sample student workbook pages. Assessment strategies are provided with sample rubrics for evaluating student work.

Preface; Introduction; Setting the Stage: Developing Course Materials Centered on Creativity; Defining Units of Study/Big Ideas; Unit Outline; Learning about Your Population; Student Profile; Assessing with the Process in Mind; Grading Creative Work; Developing Habits of Inspiration and Maximizing Student Involvement; Pulling It Together; Identity in the Arts; The Purpose of Identity; Starting a Unit; Structuring a Unit; Project Based Learning Focused on Identity Exploration and Formation; Sample Process Pages for Identity; Closing Thoughts on Identity; Creative Expression; The Purpose of Expression; Music and Art Analysis; Design a Question: Another form of Reflection; Sample Student Pages; Using Story for Creativity; The Purpose of Storytelling; Possible Structure for Exploring Storytelling; Storytelling Projects; Stop-Motion Animation; Live Action Film; Abstract Aural Storytelling; Student Pages for Storytelling; Impact and the Arts; Why Impact; What the Impact Unit Includes; How You Can Have Students Protest; Whom You Should Study; Impact Unit: Final Reflection; Reaction to the Arts; The Importance of Product; Guiding Students in Finding Their Voice/Perspective; Ideas for Students; Journaling with a Log; Journal Prompt; Closing Thoughts on Integrative Arts; Extensions; Reflections on Working Together.