- Dance
Collage- Students will examine, appreciate, and learn about the
different reasons for dancing.
- Dance
Curriculum Guide- This dance program is organized into three required
units and one optional unit.
- Dance
Hype in Video: A Positive or Negative Force?- This unit is designed
to explore the fascinating world of M.T.V. Violent, sexual, confusing
video messages bombard the tuned in senses 24 hours a day.
- Dance
Like Me- Students will learn to appreciate and imitate a variety
of dancing movements.
- Dance
Research Essay- Students will learn about and appreciate the history,
characteristics, and significance of a specific dance style.
- Dance
to the Beat- Students will examine and dance to the beat of a drum.
This encourages students to pay attention to the beat of the music while
they dance and understand that rythm is an important aspect to dancing.
- Dances-
Learn the Bunny Hop, Chicken Dance, Circle Virginia Reel, Shoe Dance,
and Line Dances.
- Dancing
With Props- Students will learn to use move a prop by moving their
bodies.
- D.E.A.D (that's
right, Drop Everything And Dance)- The students drop whatever it
is they are doing and dance about the room.
- Dramatic
Movement Through Family Ties- "These types of dances only survive
being used as performance material after careful staging. Even then
it would be the rare audience that could make it through a full evening
performance."
- "Fiddler
On The Roof"- From teaching with movies.org.
- Lesson Plans
for Social Dances- These techniques will apply to any social dance.
- Letter
Dance- After lisening to the selection, have students identify the
shape of the letter their name begins with.
- Line and Social
Dance- This learning segment is a basic introduction to rhythmic
movement as a way to feel good physically, be mentally stimulated, develop
self-esteem and to interact with others in a social situation.
- Marionette
Dancing- Students will examine and perform movements of different
parts of their body. This is a good activity to use for warming up,
encouraging balance, and the examination of the space around for safe
movement.
- Popcorn-
Performed to "POPCORN" by Hot Butter.
- Shoe Dance-
Students remove shoes or have an extra pair of socks which they lace
on their hands.
- The
History of Black Dance- This unit will initially be presented with
historical information that is essential for teaching the history of
Black dance. That material will be followed by lesson plans in chronological
order that mirror the periods of Black dance/history covered in the
unit.
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