Engaging Students in the Arts:
Creating, Performing, and Responding

The Perpich Center for Arts Education and the Minnesota Department of Education are proud to present Engaging Students in the Arts: Creating, Performing and Responding. This document presents a curriculum framework based on the Large Processes—create, perform, and respond—to support teachers in creating authentic arts experiences that are student-centered.

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Engaging Students in the Arts: Creating, Performing and Responding (10.8 MB pdf)

This document includes:

• The most current Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts K-12

• Detailed, teacher-developed experiences that assist with curriculum development for the primary, intermediate, middle, and high school levels

• Many additional resources for arts teachers

Every public school in Minnesota received a printed copy of Engaging Students in the Arts in April 2004. The document is intended for any educator—generalist, specialist, or teaching artist—who uses the arts in his or her classroom. It is of particular value to those who teach in and through the arts, including:

• dance
• literary arts/creative writing
• media arts (photography/film)
• music
• theater, and/or
• visual arts

Order Printed Copies or CD-ROM
If you would like to order a print or CD-ROM of the document, please download and print out the Order Form (PDF). Printed copies are $35 and CD-ROM copies are $10. (Prices include shipping and handling.)

For further assistance, contact:
Suzanne Bursh
Phone: 763-591-4636
Toll Free: 800-657-3515
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