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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain choreographic principles, processes, and structures. They improvise to generate movement for choreography. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students experience choreography that originated from the Postmodern movement. They utilize a chance method by rolling a dice to change the order of a dance sequence. Then they compare this method to traditional methods. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are introduced to a brief history of musical theater in America. They listen to various pieces of music, watch videos, and study their composers and lyricists. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the biographies and music of Rodgers and Hammerstein II. They discover the historical impact on the American musical by R & H's musical contributions. Students examine the musical "The Sound of Music." Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the interconnectedness of different art forms. They listen to music and watch a video while determining the similarities of the themes. They make connections between books, movies, opera, dance, and music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore composers, composition and interdisciplinary application of music. They sing songs, write a rap, and share their work with the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students investigate the beginning, middle, and ending of a story using a dance technique. They work with the teacher to create different dances to express the story. Students write out the dance in choreography to relate to the story. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students produce a short choreography composition. Specific guidelines and choice of music are provided. The grade/evaluation takes place in the form of video documentation and a teacher-created rubric. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students discuss a play, movie, or TV show that included a character that they sympathized with. They examine Broadway musicals and discuss the history, ideas, social movements, and individuals that are examined in this art form. Students participate in an improvisation scene, first performing naturally, then speeding up the scene. They discuss musical theater and how this form differs from the other forms of theater. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students demonstrate their understanding of the various elements of musical theatre by putting on a musical theatre review in class. They demonstrate their understanding of the roots of musical theatre history up to the Civil War era by writing and performing a short Blue's song. Full Review »

