Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Dance

AE17.D.3.20

Present research about a key aspect of a dance in oral, written, or movement form.

COS Examples

Example: Collect information from classmates about why they like a dance and perform a dance that includes all the feelings that were expressed.

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?

Skills Examples

  • Identify appropriate/ inappropriate touch in a dance and compare to other context such as working with friends in a school setting or with siblings at home.
  • Identify the beginning, middle, and end of compositions of dance and music.
  • Isolate and move fractional sections of the body (half, quarter, and whole).
  • Identify purposes of dance, for instance, to tell a story, build community, demonstrate a ritual, experience social interactions, or showcase movement for its own sake.
  • Identify smooth and/or sharp movement within a folk dance.

Vocabulary

  • Elements of dance
  • Compare dance relationships to non-dance relationships.
  • Connect dance to written and oral skills.
  • Relate dance to culture, society, and community characteristics and values.
  • Elements of dance
  • Cultural Movement Practices
  • Dance Literacy

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.
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