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Why is Arts Integration Important?
Incorporating art into everyday life is, well, life itself for some of us. The truth is, I can’t imagine starting a day without music. It acts as my life’s soundtrack, accompanying me from morning until night—except for those moments when silence is needed to recharge and find inner peace. But for the most part, I’ve…
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What do Animals do During Thunderstorms?
During what seemed to be a typical thunderstorm, a tragic event occurred for my family in North Carolina. During the storm, a squirrel who was trying to find shelter crawled into their electrical transformer and was electrocuted. The electrocution caused a devastating fire that claimed their North Carolina home. It was a freak of nature,…
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Why is the Oregon Trail Important?
As a child of the 1980s who went to a progressive, wealthy school district (I was not wealthy), we had the opportunity to utilize and play with some of the first computers tailored for educational use. They were the original Macintosh personal computers, and our elementary school had thirty-five of them. Each week, a classroom…