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Folk Dances of Eastern Europe

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Learners experience folk dance as a form of expressive art, and appreciate the rich cultural heritage of Eastern Europe.
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Tempo Contrasts in partner Dances

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore the differences in tempo through movement. In groups, students create an original dance phrase and illustrate both fast and slow movement. They share their observations and evaluate each dance according to originality...
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Aerobics/Dance Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create original dances or aerobics routines in groups.
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Irish Dancing: The Walls of Limerick

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice their dancing skills. In this Irish dancing lesson, students follow the provided instructions to dance with a partner in a group to the tune "The Walls of Limerick."
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Cotton Eye Joe Line

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice and perform a line dance to the song Cotton Eye Joe
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Irish Dancing - The Siege of Ennis

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice Irish Dancing. In this physical education lesson, students dance with partners to the song "The Siege of Ennis".
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Men in Black Line Dance

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice and perform a line dance to Smith's song Men in Black.
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Intro To The Number Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify numbers as having a magnitude and direction. They practice to order whole numbers and fractions on the number line. In addition, they practice these skills with describing places they've visited before.
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Aerobics/Dance Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, create original dances or aerobics routines.
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The Barn Dance

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students dance a simple "mixer" that can be done to a variety of types of music, from country to rock.
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Follow The Leader - Soca Style

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here's a great warm-up activity to get your dancers up and moving. There are some very basic moves like hopping, sliding, marching, and bouncing in place. Add some hand and arm movements. Some days you could have slower music and some...
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Great Gatsby's Jazz

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As Nick wanders the grounds of Gatsby's mansion, he observes the behaviors of the rowdy guests and listens to the music pouring over the lawn. Bring the music of the jazz age into the classroom with Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues,"...
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Hip Hop Dance Cut Outs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners research visual art by examining art on-line. In this art expression lesson, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Learners view images on the web which feature physical movement...
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Dancing Skeleton Puppets

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study the Mexican holiday known as The Day of the Dead. In this holiday lesson, students study bones, listen to Tony Johnston's, Day of the Dead and learn on about the holiday. They listen to two more books before making puppets...
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Museum of Tolerance

Cultural Research Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Class members explore cultural diversity through a variety of texts that showcase the importance of traditions. Then, they interview their family members to research their own cultural background and write their findings on quilt...
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I Can Dance to the Music of Everything

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners examine Keith Haring's art work. They apply visual imagery to rhyming, rhythmic words with Haring's "Dance" book. They make impressions on styrofoam plates to explore printmaking process.
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Create-A-Line Dance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate knowledge of the processes, principles, and structure of line dance. In groups students choreograph their own line dance, implementing moves learned from previous dances taught in the line dance unit.
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Ribbon Wand Dancing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. Students improvise a brief dance created through manipulation of ribbon wand using three distinct...
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Macarena Referee Dance

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students learn officiating hand signals through dance; to give students interested in sports a connection to dance
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Folk Dances of Eastern Europe

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discover the rich cultural heritage of Eastern Europe by experiencing folk dance as a form of expressive art.
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Cotton Eye Joe Line

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners practice performing steps to the beat, and practice the cha cha step by forming a line one behind the other.
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Friendship Line Dancing

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the characteristics of being a good friend. They observe a puppet and discuss why the puppet is sad. In groups, 1st graders form two lines, facing each other. They practice talking to each person in the line,...
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D is for Dance: The Letter D

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this letter d worksheet, students practice first tracing, then printing both the upper and lower case letter d on provided lines.
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Dancing Duo: Past and Present Perfect

For Students 6th - 7th
For this verb tense worksheet, learners fill in the 15 blanks in an interview on TV. Students type in the correct past or present perfect verb to complete the sentences on this on-line interactive worksheet.