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- 4th - 8th
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Students create a research essay on a dance style of their choosing, and collect information and photos focusing on the dance style's history, characteristics and significance. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students discover and appreciate the history, characteristics, and significance of a specific dance style. They to pick a dance style that they are interested in and would like to research. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students perform a folk dance and discuss its cultural and historical meanings. They review the dance and perform it, beginning with four individuals who dance with confidence right from the start. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students, depending on grade levels, participate in different activities. They focus on history for their activities. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students investigate modern-dance choreographer Merce Cunningham's historically significant contribution to dance-making history. Specifically, students explore and practice Merce Cunningham's choreographic use of chance operations (probability), through kinesthetic and movement exploration. 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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- 12th
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Students explore West African Ku Ku dance. As a class, learners discuss the influence African dances have on the United Sates of today, as well as the history of the dance. Students observe and participate in a dance demonstration. They practice movement patterns and write movement vocabulary in their journals. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study dance as a way to communicate and represent oneself in the world. ¿¿¿ They perform and articulate movement skills from the "dancer's toolbox". They solve problems in dance using the "dancer's toolbox" composing, witnessing, and discussing dance messages. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate and experience African culture through various art forms. Students explore the physical and political geographies of Africa through mapping activities. Students, in groups, prepare presentations about different aspects of African history. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the uses of ceremonial dance in the Pueblo Indian culture by viewing videos of native dances. They listen to folk tales that explain the dances and compare the traditions of the Pueblo culture to their own culture. Finally, they create and perform their own dances to one of the stories Full Review »
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