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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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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how dance can invoke the significance of experiences in their everyday lives. They work in small dance troupes to create their own dance pieces reflecting themes and experiences relevant to their lives. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students experience the process of creating a "dance team" type routine by following a set procedure. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students discuss dance elements and create a dance map. They choose a dance theme and incorporate movement into their dance maps and choreography. They also experiment with different types of music. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students complete a unit of lessons on the definition of dance. They view videos of various dances, compare/contrast the dances viewed, categorize a list of words about dance on a handout, write journal responses, and perform dance movements. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students recognize that many groups contributed to the richness of culture in the United States. This lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn more about the groups of people who built their way of life in the United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students view world dance techniques, learn unique Ukrainian dances, and develop movement skills in this Dance lesson for the middle-level or elementary school classroom. This lesson can be accomplished in a week or more of daily instructional time. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students practice various American, UK, and world dances in this Dance lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on the use of local professional dance instructors to supplement classroom activities and materials. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 5th
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Students create short movement studies using modern dance as a model of dance genre in which movement is sculpted in time, space and with a variety of qualities. This lesson emphasizes the dances of Mexico and lasts about 4 days. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students examine the /a/ phoneme in both written and spoken words. They practice finding the /a/ in words, watch how their mouths move when making the sound, and write the letter. Next, they differentiate the sound in words, listen to a read aloud while raising a hand each time they hear a short (a) in a word. Finally, they draw a man tap dancing and write message describing the picture in which they identify the /a/ words. Full Review »

