Published Articles
Primary Resources
“The Universal Language of Pictures: A Critical Tool for Advancing Student Writing”
by Beth Olshansky
TESOL Journal, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 22, 2018.
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“Telling Our Stories in Pictures and Words: Developing Empathy within the Classroom Community and Beyond“
by Beth Olshansky
TESOL’s HEIS News – The Newsletter of Higher Education Interest Section) October 2017.
“Picture This: A Multimodal Approach to the Common Core that Engages All Learners“
by Beth Olshansky
The New Hampshire Journal of Education, Volume XVII, Spring 2014.
“Time for a Paradign Shift: Recognizing the Critical Role of Pictures Within Literacy Learning“
by Beth Olshansky
Bankstreet Occasional Papers, Volume 3, Part III: Teaching & Learning In/Through/With the Arts., Spring 2014.
“Teaching the ART and Craft of Writing: Treating Words and Pictures as Equal Languages for Learning”
by Beth Olshansky
MATSOL Currents, Volume 37, No. 1 Spring/Summer 2014.
Massachusetts Educators of English Language Learners.
“Teaching the ART of Writing“
by Beth Olshansky
ATEC News, Volume 50, No. 1
Association of Teachers of Exceptional Children, December 2013.
“The Ultimate Tool for Teaching Writing” Book Review“
by Emily Pike
ATEC News, Volume 50, No. 1
Association of Teachers of Exceptional Children, December 2013.
“My Way to America: Paintings and Letters Tracing Our Ancestor’s Journeys“
by Beth Olshansky
The English Record, Volume 59, Issue 3, Fall 2009.
“Making Magic: Bringing Words and Pictures Together“
by Beth Olshansky
Talking Points, Volume 20, October 2008.
“High Praise for the Power!” Book Review
by Claudia E. Cornett
Talking Points, Volume 20, October 2008.
“Picture This: Creating Pathways to Literacy Through Art“
by Beth Olshansky
The New Hampshire Journal of Education Volume XI, Spring 2008.
“Impact of an Art-and-Literature-Based Approach on Writing and Reading Skills of At-Risk Learners: Sixteen Years of Evidence“
by Beth Olshansky
Arts & Learning Research Journal, Volume 23 Number 1, 2007.
“Teaching the ART of Writing“
by Beth Olshansky
Educational Leadership, Volume 63, Summer 2006.
“Focusing in on the ART of Writing“
by Beth Olshansky
Language Arts, Volume 93, No. 6, July 2006.
“Visual Tools for Visual Learners“
by Beth Olshansky
School Arts, vol. 102, no.5, Jan. 2003, pp. 51-53.
“Picture This“
by Beth Olshansky
Thrust for Educational Leadership, vol. 25, no. 2, Oct. 1995, pp. 14-17.
“Picture This: An Arts-Based Literacy Program“
by Beth Olshansky
Educational Leadership, vol. 53, no. 1, Sept. 1995, pp. 44-47.
“Making Writing a Work of Art: Image-Making Within The Writing Process“
by Beth Olshansky
Language Arts, vol. 71, no. 5, Sept. 1994, pp. 350-356.
Other Resources
“Unlocking the Imagination“
by Brian Merrill
School Arts, January 2003, pp. 54-55.
“Art Matters“
Elicaq (newsletter of Lower Kuskokwim School District, Bethel, Alaska) , vol. 12, no. 2, Holiday 2001, pp. 8-9.
“Picturing Story: An Irresistible Pathway into Literacy“
by Beth Olshansky
The Reading Teacher, vol. 50, no. 7, April 1997, pp. 612-615.
“Image-Making“
by Beth Olshansky
Instructor, vol. 104, no. 4, Nov/Dec 1994, pp. 48-49.
“When Children Become Author/ Illustrators“
by Beth Olshansky
School Arts, vol. 93, no. 7, March 1994, pp. 14-17.
“David’s Journey: Image-Making Within The Writing Process“
by Beth Olshansky
NDN Stories from the Field 1974-1994, (a publication of the National Diffusion Network), pp. 46-47.
“Story Collages – Help for Reluctant Writers“
by Leslie A. Brown
Learning 93, vol. 25, no. 2, Nov/Dec. 1993, pp. 22-24.