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- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students gain exposure to Tchaikovsky's life and his compositions used in the Nutcracker ballet. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students view a video of the Nutcracker ballet and then compare and contrast holiday celebrations in Germany and the United States. They use the computer to write a paragraph exploring their observations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students create a pantomime, work cooperatively to conduct and share research, identify and discuss how movement is used to depict the ethereal Odette and the sinister Odile, and creatively pay tribute to the lovers, Odette and Siegfried. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the importance of physical activities and use word parts to infer meaning to a story. They discuss agility, baseball, and ballet dancing, read an article, and observe a demonstration on breaking down words and examining word parts. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Studenst explore their own culture by making handcrafts, participating in ballet and thethre. They make dolls and describe the process of making them through technology. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students research a straw vote placed on a Florida ballet in 1972 that asked if voters were in favor of prohibiting forced busing to further desegregation. They read primary documents, complete a worksheet and participate in class discussion. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students practice various American, UK, and world dances in this Dance lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on the use of local professional dance instructors to supplement classroom activities and materials. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Student view the first of six cultural video lessons from the "Russian World" series produced by Dallas Schools Television (DSTV) and broadcasted on the district's cable channel, The Russian Ballet. They create an individual project about Russian Culture and the ballet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students evaluate a dance and write sentences that describes an emotion or action that is associated with it after watching an example of a ballet. They observe how ballet expresses an emotion without words. They design a dance project that demonstrates an emotion or action. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students observe and then practice basic ballet steps. including the pli, tendu, and degag. They discover the importance of warmup drills prior to practicing the dance steps. Students also develop skills in mobile steps, including the grand jet and the patachat. Full Review »

