AE17.D.1.21

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 1 - Dance

AE17.D.1.21
Observe and perform a dance from a familiar culture that utilizes multiple elements of dance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Dance literacy includes deep knowledge and perspectives about societal, cultural, historical, and community contexts.
EQ: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?

Skills Examples

Perform a dance to express the coming of spring.
Utilize shapes and movements of the body to improvise the metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly.
Utilize dance to show a plant's life cycle.
Utilize shapes to create a setting for a story.
Demonstrate the shapes and movement of a dance that was performed at school or in the community.
Identify attributes of cultural dance that was taught in class.

Vocabulary

Elements of Dance
Connect dance to a familiar experience.
Connect dance to an illustrated story.
Elements of dance
Cultural Movement Practices
Dance Literacy

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Aligned Learning Resources

Dance Space

Exploring Our Environments Through Movement