AE17.D.3.21

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

AE17.D.3.21
Explain how movements in a dance from a culture, society, or community communicate its characteristics and values.

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

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

COS Examples

Example: Explain how the hand movements in Hawaiian dance create meaning.

Aligned Learning Resources

Discovering Russian Folk Dance