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Integrate Music and Visual Arts with Social Studies, Math & Science

By Phil Nast, retired middle school teacher and freelance writer

C. P. Snow described the sciences and humanities as two intellectual realms in The Two Cultures. E. O. Wilson described how they could be reconciled in Consilience. As the following lessons and activities demonstrate, the sciences and humanities have never been exclusive disciplines.