Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: As dance is experienced, all personal experiences, knowledge, and context are integrated and synthesized to interpret meaning.
EQ: How does dance deepen our understanding of ourselves, other knowledge, and events around us?
EQ: How does dance deepen our understanding of ourselves, other knowledge, and events around us?
Skills Examples
- Describe a dance-related event in the community.
- Observe a dance performance and describe one's response.
- Perform a folk dance to communicate tradition.
- Use the elements of dance to convey addition and subtraction.
- Present to the class a summarization of "The Nutcracker."
- Identify the cultural or historical origin of a dance.
- Perform dances from a variety of cultures and time period.
- Share one's reflections after attending a performance in the community.
Vocabulary
- Elements of dance
- Communicate personal meaning.
- Respond to a dance work.
- Elements of dance
- Cultural Movement Practices
- Dance Literacy
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.
