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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students research a particular time period for popular music and film titles and determine why these titles are popular. They compile a portfolio of song titles, lyrics which accurately represent the costume history of a particular time period. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students determine the various ceremonies of the Colorado Indians. They research the Bear Dance and teach it to the class, while others research the music including the instruments and incorporate it into the dance. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students physically learn kolos or circle dances, discuss what they are learning with their peers and write in their daily journals. They apply critical thinking skills to draw inferences about Eastern European immigrant groups in Ohio. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students investigate, uncover, and analyze the connection between movement patterns found in work and in dance. Students create dance studies that reflect and extend work movement patterns and employ selected choreographic processes represented in previous dance making experiences. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students participate in a lesson guided by an essential question: in what ways does choreographer, Mark Morris' work, "The Office," reflect Eastern-European traditional folk dance? During the lesson's first sessions, students physically learn two to three traditional folk dances from selected regions in Eastern Europe. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students view the work of selected choreographers and discuss how dance tells a story. A research component allows the students to collect specific information about selected populations, their experiences after they arrived. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students analyze the drum patterns and changing styles of the music and dance for the Native American song and dance "Owl Dance." They listen to a recording of "Owl Dance," discuss the cultural context of the song, and perform the song. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students research the history of the jitterbug dance through an interactive group project. The goal of the lesson is to get them to execute the dance steps independently with little outside help from the teacher. The steps are found in the research and demonstrated by the teacher. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students work in groups in order to research a specific music era or dance style to share with the class. They have studied different music styles that are included in the lesson and now they have the choice to research one. There is a test included in this lesson for assessment purposes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a unit on the music, dance, and folklore of the African American culture. They read, write, and dramatize folktales, create a timeline of African American music, conduct a web scavenger hunt, and create a computer slideshow presentation as the culminating project of the unit. Full Review »
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