Research It
Chapter navigation:
- Introduction
- Assessment Example: Research a Dance genre
- Research a Dance Genre
- Assessment Example: Research a Dance genre
- Assessment Example: Dance Teaching/Presenting
- Suggested Learning Sequence
- The Six Templates
- Skills a Dancer Needs to Perform
- A Famous Dancer
- A Summary of the Dance Genre
- Describing a Dance Style
- History
Writer: Julie Cadzow
Level: 5/6 Years 9/10 Duration: 6 lessons (approximately)
This is a differentiated dance unit where students complete a choice of activities from a table of tasks about a dance genre. The tasks are arranged in columns of increasing complexity and provide opportunities for students to display skills in a variety of areas.
The unit can be conducted as an individual or group activity and includes a presentation lesson/s where students display, teach or perform their work to the class. There are 6 templates available to use as designed or altered to suit the class and teacher
Key Competency
Using Language, Symbols and Texts Students will find, read, interpret, select, organize and present information in a variety of ways from a variety of sources.
Resources
- Ministry of Education Dance Wall Charts - UC strand
- TKI website - Questions and activities to accompany the UC wall chart
- Discovering Dance DVD - Video footage of different dance genre
- World Map, Stick-on stationery notes
- The differentiated task
- School library
- Dance Teacher's Tool Kit : Dance Vocabulary Cards ( 2 MB) , Using Dance Vocabulary Cards , A Dance Review ( 58 KB)
- Reference books:
- Snook, Barbara (2004). Dance Count Me In! Australia, McGraw-Hill
- Kassing, G. (2007) History of Dance: an interactive arts approach, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.
Achievement Objectives
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Understanding Dance in Context (UC)
Level 5: Students will compare and contrast dances from a variety of past and present cultures and contexts Level 6: Students will explore, investigate and describe the features and background of a variety of genres/styles -
Developing Practical Knowledge in Dance (PK)
Level 5: Students will develop a variety of skills, dance techniques, vocabularies and movement practices.
Specific Learning Outcomes
The student will:
- Perform short phrases of movement using appropriate genre style and technique (PK & UC)
- Identify and describe features of a selected dance genre (UC)
- Present dance genre research in poster form, written, or practically (UC)
Assessing the Learning
- Allocate columns 1 and 2 as ACHIEVED, column 3 as MERIT and column 4 as EXCELLENCE and give an overall grade
- Allocate points for each column and give an overall mark
- The
presentation/teach section
could be assessed separately if this were to become a focus for the unit. Achieved/Merit/Excellence
- Knowledge of dance steps
- Clear instructions
- Clear demonstration
- Organization
Printing this unit
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