AE17.D.4.20

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Dance

AE17.D.4.20
Select key aspects about a topic and choreograph movements that communicate the information.

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

Utilize the similarities between the writing process and the choreographic process to create a dance.
Attend a presentation (in the community or at a school assembly) that includes dance, and then explain the role of dance in the production.
Perform a dance influenced by the Selma Civil Rights March to communicate one's understanding of Alabama state history.
Demonstrate how dance impacts choices made in the community.
Compare and contrast an American contra dance and a Middle Eastern circle dance.
Explain the origins and development of ballet in Europe.
Explain the use of strong and delicate energy in work-related activities, such as carpentry or the culinary arts.

Vocabulary

Connect ideas in dance to personal experiences.
Elements of Dance
Improvisation
Choreography
Communicate for a specific purpose.
Elements of dance
Cultural Movement Practices
Dance Literacy

Anchor Standards

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

COS Examples

Example: Research the water cycle using multiple sources of references and create movement that models the phases.