Unit Two Homework: Music and Other Arts

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Instructions: Discuss the benefits of the arts. What are some benefits
that music, art, dance, and theater bring to people’s everyday lives?
With a partner (Parent, Friend, Colleague, etc..) make a list and
discuss. Use participle adjectives. Once finished with the list, write a
short paragraph what you have learned about Art Therapy or Unit
Two.
Example:

Categories Benefits Examples

Arts Art helps express inner
emotions.
Music Music can be soothing
Dance Dance helps relieve anger
and excess energy.
Drama/ Drama allows people to
Theater express themselves and
relive memories.
Patients in mental
institutes draw their
emotions.
Playing music at work
relaxes people so
they’re more
productive.
Youth centers have
classes for teens with
anger issues solved
through dance.
Dr. Bruce Nelson,
uses drama to help
troubled teens relive
their memories of the
past.
 Example: What I have learned about art therapy, is that it helps lots
of individuals cope with problems with one self. I have seen how music helps
people with intellectual disabilities create social skills. Also, a clinic in the
United Kingdom, has helped people with mental issues for over 500 years,
by using art and music.