WHERE TODAY,
HISTORY COMES
ALIVE.




WELCOME TO RUSSEL
ELEMENTARY, WHERE THE
5TH GRADE CLASS IS
PERFORMING LEWIS AND
CLARK THE MUSICAL.
MUSIC TEACHER KRISTIN
SCHEKNER HAS BEEN
USING THE ARTS
INTEGRATION MODEL WITH
THESE STUDENTS.
MEANING, NOT ONLY ARE
THEY LEARNING ABOUT
LEWIS AND CLARK'S
ADVENTURE IN THE CLASS
ROOM, BUT ALSO THROUGH
MUSIC AND ART AS WELL.
"THE WHOLE ARTS AND
INTEGRATION MODEL IS
SUCH THAT, WHEN THE KIDS
ARE PERFORMING IT AND
THEY PUT IT IN THEIR
BODIES, IT REALLY STICKS
WITH THEM. AND THAT
INFORMATION THEY ARE
LEARNING ABOUT HISTORY
JUST STICKS WITH THEM SO
MUCH LONGER, BECAUSE
NOT ONLY ARE THEY
HEARING IT, BUT THEY ARE
WRITING ABOUT IT AND
SINGING ABOUT IT, AND
THEY ARE MOVING TO IT
AND IN SOME WAYS
BECOMING LIKE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE THAT MADE
THE EXPEDITION. "
MAKING HISTORY AND
LEARNING COME ALIVE
THROUGH DRAMA AND
SINGING OR OTHER ART
FORMS CREATES AND
EXCITEMENT FOR THESE
KIDS AND REKINDLES A
DESIRE TO LEARN. AND THIS
IS ONE REASON WHY
KRISTIN IS CONTINUING TO
USE ART IN OTHER ASPECTS
OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
AS WELL.
"AS THE MUSIC TEACHER
HERE I HAVE BEEN REALLY
TRYING TO USE MORE OF
THIS MUSIC INTEGRATION
MODEL. SO I WILL GO TALK
WITH A CERTAIN GRADE
LEVEL AND SEE WHAT THEY
ARE WORKING ON IN THE
CLASS ROOM AND I'LL TRY TO
USE THAT AS A MODEL FOR
MY PROGRAMS AND IT IS A
LOT MORE EDUCATIONALLY
RELEVANT FOR THESE KIDS.
"
IN MISSOULA, LEWIS
DORTCH, MTN NEWS.
GOOD THURSDAY
EVERYONE,WEST-CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA
WILL SEE PARTLY SUNNY
SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE
30'S TO LOW 40'S TODAY.
NORTHWEST MONTANA WILL
SEE MORE CLOUDS WITH A
FEW LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE AND
VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED.FRIDAY WILL SEE
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND
VERY MILD TEMPERATURES
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
UPPER 30'S TO UPPER
40'S.FRIDAY NIGHT, A
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES
BRINGING LIGHT RAIN AND
SNOW TO THE VALLEYS AND
LIGHT SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS. THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES ALONG
THE MONTANA/IDAHO
BORDER COULD PICK UP A
FEW INCHES WITH THIS
