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Dance is the art of gesture and movement. It transforms images, ideas, and feelings into movement sequences that are personally and socially significant. Dance organizes physical energy within time and space, and may draw from the power of music, literat Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students reinforce the opera-learning experience with a student-created and produced media project. Also, students get involved in various aspects of videotape and stage production through small and large group work Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students construct an analysis of basic perceptions of diverse aspects of Western thought and culture. They compose, in writing, an assessment of the impact of ancient Greece influence on personal attitudes, values, and outlooks. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students create a simple dance that illustrates the changes in rhythm in a song. They identify the form of the song. Ask volunteers to show movement or steps that could be used for each section Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students study the history, performance, production and audience elements of selected ballets to understand their relevance to society. They physically learn basic ballet movement vocabulary to embody the dance form. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students practice four different cultural or traditional (folk) dances and participate in whole-class and small-group discussions that invite critical thinking to draw inferences. Students choose specific countries or regions to research, examining their histories, geographies, climates, governments, economics, cultures and arts. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students physically learn how to perform a wide range of locomotor and non-locomotor movements and perceive stillness as a contrasting element in dance making. Students observe and perform dances to increase their abilities to perceive the presence and absence of movement. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students create a small group dance that addresses free-flowing techniques and transitions for in-class performance. This lesson meets state arts standards and includes rubric for assessment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students examine and display the differences between literal, and non-literal movement and abstraction using a creative project in movement. This project originates as an individual item, culminating in a small group performance. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of shapes. They practice moves that are used to illustrate different types of shapes. Students participate in body movements that are focused around the directions of the body like anterior moves and posterior movements. Full Review »
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