Small group activity for studnets to work together to create and design a dance. All students will create,
Students are asked to create/design/describe a dance move.
The template is aligned to the Wisconsin Standards for Dance and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Disciplinary Literacy Tools. Dance indicators for each grade band is available within the online resource. Click the link to make a copy and then store and edit on your own device.
Learn about the Dance Theatre of Harlem is this segment from A Walk Through Harlem.
This is the world's largest site for arts integration and STEAM in K-12 education. Contains standards-aligned lesson plans, free printables, online courses, certification and conferences for professional development credit. They cover arts integration, advocacy, research, assessment, classroom management, curriculum, organization, PBL and the arts and classroom strategies.
" This class explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal, visual, spoken word, and literary manifestations of hip hop over its 30 year presence in the American cultural imagery. Students also investigate specific black cultural practices that have given rise to its various idioms. Students create material culture related to each thematic section of the course. Scheduled work in performance studio helps students understand how hip hop is created and assessed."
This collection uses primary sources to explore the cultural impact of swing dancing. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.
In this lesson students perform a line dance to reinforce story telling through movement.
Teacher will need to obtain the tune: "Shake it Off" by Taylor Swift
This parachute dance is choreographed specific to the Taylor Swift clean version or Kidz Bop version.
A video on devising theatre based on interviewing people suffering with life-threatening illnesses. It walks through the idea that anything can inspire a creative work.
The late Elliot Eisner identified 10 lessons which are clarified through the study of art in schools. This resource was pulled from the NAEA website - https://www.arteducators.org/advocacy/articles/116-10-lessons-the-arts-teach on August 19, 2019.
Cardio dance using various exercises
Exercises
Push-upsJumping JacksLunges
Wisconsin Standards for Dance - Poster