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?
EQ: How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical and community experiences expand dance literacy?
Skills Examples
- Distinguish and critique the use of the elements, foundations, skills, and techniques of dance to support the purposes of dances that one observes or performs.
- Identify an instance of plagiarism or copyright infringement and assess its causes and effects.
- Determine how dance impacts economic, political, and environmental choices in a community and/or society.
- Understand that the attributes of dance are relevant to and used in other content areas and demonstrate this understanding by
- Producing a presentation of dance that integrates other content areas.
- Examining and critiquing a presentation of dance that integrates other content areas.
- Research the historical/social context that brought African and Irish dance styles together to create tap dance in the nineteenth century.
- Analyze and demonstrate how styles of dance (such as ballet, tap, and hip-hop) reflect the cultures in which they were formed.
Vocabulary
- Self-reflection
- Choreography
- Artistic Intent
- Movement Problem
- Context Cues
- Dancy Study
- 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.
