Integrating Language, Music, and Art in the Language Arts classrooms
by Phyllis Magold
Integrated study (Humanities): The Teacher’s Guide combines lessons on art, literature, music, philosophy — threads of which are present in the book. Brief introductions to Plato, Aristotle, and Tolstoy are included in this Guide along with discussion questions and suggestions for assessment.
“Wynton Marsalis is absolutely the one to write this book. Here he is as young as morning, as fresh as dew, and already called one of the jazz greats. He is not only a seer and an exemplary musician, but a poet as well. He informs us that jazz was created, among other things, to expose the hypocrisy and absurdity of racism and other ignorances in our country. Poetry was given to human beings for the same reason – [This book] is an absolute joy to read.”
– Maya Angelou
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6908-5
“This beautifully written teachers' guide provides ready-to-use discussion points and essay questions along with clearly identified standards and terms. It makes me wish I were a student once again, learning the incredible connections between the arts, coming alive for the first time to the pulse of life in jazz and the written word.”
–Nancy Nestor-Baker PhD
The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
ISBN (Student Edition):
978-0-9887358-1-1
ISBN (Teacher Edition):
978-0-9887358-0-4