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CommonLit

Common Lit: Dancing Towards Dreams

For Students 3rd - 5th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Create a Line Dance (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High-school students, after learning the basics of line dancing, should be able to create, demonstrate, and teach their own line dance.
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Other

Telematique, Inc.: Dance Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Telematique, Inc. provides a list of many different dance styles and tells the origin of them.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Greek Dance

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for Kids presents an overview on the history of dance in ancient Greece, teaching us about how the Greeks valued dance in their everyday lives as a form of art as well as a skill.
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Other

Susan Kramer: Singing While Dancing to Learn Basic Math

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will master basic rhythmic movements and incorporate songs and rhymes into math learning. Site provides sample music selections, songs, and accompanying movements for nine activities.
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Other

Kodak: Airborne

For Students 9th - 10th
Beautiful, almost unrealistic, dance photography by Lois Greenfield. Her black and white prints are phenomenal! Lois reveals her secrets and techniques.
Lesson Plan
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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Other

Careerwise Education: Dancers

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part look at dancing as a career. Includes an overview of the occupations, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.
Interactive
Other

National Aviary: Curriculum: Family Lives of Birds: How to Attract a Mate

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the diverse behaviors-sharing, dancing, singing, fighting, looking good, and showing off-that birds exhibit when attempting to attract a breeding partner. With interesting sidebars on how birds communicate and how they...
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Other

Wounded Knee Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual tour of the massacre at Wounded Knee from a museum dedicated to preserving the history of what happened there.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Mossi

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mossi are the most prominent ethnic group in the modern nation of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). They are also well known in the anthropological literature as a society with an especially high rate of labor migration to...
Handout
Kenyon College

Kenyon College: North by South: The Jenkins' Orphanage Bands

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in the music for the Cakewalk, come check out the Jenkins' Orphanage Band. They played a mix of ragtime and march. Lots of cool photos.
Primary
Contemplator

Buffalo Gals

For Students 9th - 10th
This website has interesting background information about the song, "Buffalo Gals," as well as song lyrics and a Midi file of the tune.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pulaski, Wisconsin Polka Town, u.s.a.

For Students 9th - 10th
The town of Pulaski, Wisconsin claims to have more musicians per capita than anywhere in the U.S. Learn about Pulaski, a town that thrives on polka music in this video segment from EGG: the arts show.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a glimpse into the social practices of teens in the early 20th century and read the full text of the short story "Her First Ball" by Katherine Mansfield about a young girl's first dance.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: May Day

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about May Day. The history and facts about this holiday celebrating the start of Spring with maypole dancing.
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Other

Cha Cha & Pachanga Cha

For Students 9th - 10th
This describes the Cha-cha and a new version, Pachanga cha.
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recreational Therapist

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about what it takes to earn a job as a recreational therapist. This website explains what recreational therapists do and overviews what education you need to enter this career. There are links to the American Therapeutic Recreation...
Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: Bees

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out why bees make honey with this quick fact sheet on bees.

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