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- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students define a ballet as a story told through dance. They listen to melodies and demonstrate beat and accent through body movement. They watch the ballet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students produce an object analysis of 'The Champion Single Scull'. They begin with description, proceeding to deduction, and finally providing speculation by interpreting the outward evidence of culture. They use a clipboard and paper to sketch the painting in an effort to recognize line and shapes on the picture plane. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students prepare "The Nutcracker Suite" by Tchaikovsky for performance at their Christmas concert. They research Tchaikovsky's life. Students analyze the history and culture of Russia at the time of the composer. They research the art of ballet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students identify word families and demonstrate a variety of ballet moves. They listen to the book "Angelina on Stage," and observe and demonstrate three ballet moves. Students then match a family word with other rhyming words, matching the correct paper cutout tutu and gluing it on the ballerina paper doll. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students experience the experiences of several ESL students. They view there journeys in life. Students encounter first hand their joys, pains and hardships. They begin to feel what these young people feel everyday of their lives. 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 »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 4th
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Students discuss the Nutcracker Ballet. They listen as the teacher reads "The Tale of the Nutcracker and the History of the Ballet," (included with the lesson). Students discuss dreams they have had. They listen to a portion of The Waltz of the Flowers. Students move around the room pretending to be flowers. They create a miniature pine cone tree and decorate it. Full Review »

