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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Dancing With the Math Stars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great math writing assignment. First, learners learn about the patterns and shapes of polynomial equations and their inverses by making their bodies imitate mathematical concepts, using popular disco & 80's dance moves....
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Space Jam Dilemma: Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn a new line dance during a gym-class activity. The "Space Jam," line dance is an easy way to have fun and participate in an aerobic activity.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Larger Than Life Line Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn and teach a few simple moves that will help young scholars feel comfortable with line dancing. Students practice listening and moving to music during this simple and fun gym-class activity.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Aaron's Party

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
At this website, learn the steps to a simple line dance for elementary-age children. This dance can be part of a gym-class lesson plan and activity.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Add on Line Dancing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After inventing their own dance moves, learners are to teach them to classmates. These lesson plans provide tips for encouraging creativity and getting all students involved in teaching and learning dance moves.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This website describes a simple line dance for the simple holiday song, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Also provides an option for simplifying the dance.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Follow the Leader Soca Style

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student familiar with simple dance steps will enjoy this line dance activity, which helps students practice moving to music, following a leader's steps, and creating their own moves.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Staying Alive

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn and teach a simple line dance created for the Bee Gees' song, "Stayin' Alive." Recommended for elementary students, the dance steps provided here could easily be simplified (or made more difficult) for students of different ages...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Plans: Disco Dances

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
At this website, find steps to two different popular disco dances. Learn and teach the step for "Stayin' Alive," and "Cotten-eyed Joe." Includes variations.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Cool Line

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use the guidelines provided at this website to introduce young students to a simple line dance. Children will learn to move to a beat while participating in a fun, low-impact aerobic activity.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Dance Class

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Dance Class", created by Edgar Degas from 1873-76 (Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Dancing Class

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Dancing Class", created by Edgar Degas, c. 1870 (Oil on wood, 20 x 27 cm).
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps to explain the square dance directions for She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Old Dan Tucker

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains the song, guiding questions, page notes, dance instructions, and the lyrics to the song Old Dan Tucker.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Blisters, Calluses, and Corns

For Students 3rd - 5th
"Have you ever had a favorite pair of funky shoes that you wore every single day, until they started to hurt the bottoms of your feet? Ever helped your mom or dad plant flowers in the yard and later noticed a weird bump on your palm?...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Grade 3: Rock N Art

For Teachers 3rd
In this arts integrated unit, 3rd graders will explore Rocks and Soil. These projects focus on bringing multiple art forms to the Earth Sciences for third graders. Students will focus on comparing and contrasting the 3 types of rocks, as...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World Cultures Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world with PBS LearningMedia! This collection focuses on food, folktales, and other aspects of cultural heritage. With your class, hear stories, play through situations, and learn how to make crafts from cultures near and far.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Cotton Eye Joe Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn and teach the "Cotton Eye Joe," line dance during a gym-class activity.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Shortenin' Bread Shuffle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this website, learn the simple steps associated with a new line dance, which can be taught as part of a gym-class activity and exercise.
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PE Central

Pe Central: The Train

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this website to learn and teach a simple line dance. Includes an overview of the steps associated with "The Train."
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Other

The Worldwide Art Gallery: Degas

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides a short biography of Degas (1834-1917 CE) plus digital images of some of his famous paintings.
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Curated OER

Image

For Students 3rd - 8th
This ibiblio.org page provides an introspective look into the story behind Degas' dancer paintings. Also includes a gallery of such paintings as "The Dancing Class."
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Other

Danceport: Tango

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides brief history of the dance and a dance school class syllabus.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Problem Solving With Movement [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, student groups are assigned word problems. They are tasked with solving their problems using dance and then choreographing answers to their problems. These are performed for the class and the associations made by the...

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