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- 6th - 8th
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Students, working in groups, create a timeline of the career highlights and challenges of Canadian ballerina, Karen Kain. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students use a cardboard tubes as props as they create their own dance steps to express the emotions invoked in a portion of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the classical music excerpt, 'Sunrise,' by Maurice Ravel. They listen to the excerpt, analyze the musical piece, participate in a visualization, and create an illustration of the sunrise depicted in the music. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students contrast the meter and style of two different versions of the musical piece, "Waltz of the Flowers." Duke Ellington's meter in the "Dance of the Floreadores" is compared to Tchaikovsky's version in the "Nutcracker." Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students examine the serigraph, "Wynton's Tune," by artist Faith Ringgold. They discuss the painting, listen to jazz music, create a drawing that tells a story inspired by their favorite music, and write sentences describing their artwork. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students investigate how West-African dance makes known a common past and stimulates a shared sense of values and beliefs. The cultural purpose of West-African dance is to tell history and relay stories to intensify social and religious rituals. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students investigate Ekon kon or Djola or Jola (dance), a noncompetitive, communal dance performed by the Djola people from the Sene-Gambia region of West Africa. They listen to a lecture by the teacher about the West African cultures that include this dance. The lesson includes many resources for the teacher as well as explicit directions for performing the dance. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students examine two American songs and begin to hear the difference between melodies in major and minor modes. They examine and sing the song, "This Land is Your Land," by Woody Guthrie. They also study some information about Guthrie's life. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students view world dance techniques, learn unique Ukrainian dances, and develop movement skills in this Dance lesson for the middle-level or elementary school classroom. This lesson can be accomplished in a week or more of daily instructional time. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view an image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and identify the focal point of the painting. They discuss symmetry and balance as it pertains to the images. Students use the Student LaunchPad (linked to this lesson) to help them identify these elements in the images. Full Review »
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