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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ask Personal Questions: Worksheet 1

For Students 5th - 9th
In this conversational English instructional activity, students practice interviewing skills as they role play using the 20 personal questions provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Noh Theater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners compare Noh drama to western drama and trace the influence of Japanese theater on modern western drama.  For this Noh drama lesson, students read the play Black Tomb (Kurozuko) defining the elements and conventions of Noh drama...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

For Teachers 5th
Students research the American Revolution through the story of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In this American Revolution lesson, students research folktale and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Students view illustrations for the story....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine Japanese culture. In this multicultural lesson plan, students taste rice crackers and create Japanese fans from paper and paint.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting to Know You

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names lesson, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag rectangles and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tae-Bo

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore physical fitness by performing Tae Bo.  In this physical education lesson, 7th graders practice using mixed martial arts techniques by completing a Tae Bo fitness exercise in class.  Students reflect on their...
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Website
Other

Dance Teacher Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online site of Dance Teacher Magazine, which provides information, assistance, and ideas for professionals with careers as dance teachers.
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Website
Other

Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing: Dance Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A site dedicated to dance topics made specifically for kids who love dance. Loads of activities, stories, and pictures.
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Website
Other

Native Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of material for students, teachers, and scholars researching native dance: interviews, articles, an image database, downloadable resource kits, and video footage.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
Dance shows a tribal dance and accopmanying music and asks the student to answer the question What would happen if you expressed yourself this way in our society?
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dance Theatre of Harlem

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Dance Theatre of Harlem is this segment from A Walk Through Harlem.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Art: Graph a Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will choreograph a figure for a square dance, graph it, and perform it. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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Website
Other

Denison University: Physics of Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
The researchers in this study set up a mobile lab including six 3D cameras, three laptops, and 70 luminescent markers. Volunteer dancers were prepped with the markers before turning in front of the cameras, which flash infrared light to...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: The Absolute Value of Dance

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students use a graph to choreograph a dance figure. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Dance Mama Dance by Daniel Beaty

For Students 7th - 8th
Daniel Beaty is an award-winning actor, singer, writer, and poet. His productions are known for incorporating music, movement, and words. In this poem, the speaker discusses their mother and their wish to see her dance. It also provides...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Dancing Plague of 1518

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Dancing Plague of 1518" by Doug MacGowan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
To Dance is a graphical memoir of Siena Cherson Siegel, a young girl growing up in Puerto Rico who eventually came to New York to study with the School of American Ballet. It captures the passion of the artist, as well as the discipline...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Brazil Today: Capoeira: Brazilian Martial Art and Dance

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Website
New York University

New York University: Careers in Dance Education

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers choices in Dance Education. Find out what recent graduates are doing.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Rotation, Reflection, and Translation in Dance

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students choreograph a dance figure by creating a dance graph with descriptions of rotation, reflection, and translation; perform it for their classmates; and translate a classmate's dance map into a performance. Media...
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Website
Other

Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company, includes company history.
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Website
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Canadian Dance Family Tree Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You have to purchase materials for this project, but the material can be used in many different ways. Great for a Drama teacher with a dance background.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Song and Dance Man

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Song and Dance Man" by Karen Ackerman. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the influence of jazz on African American literature from the early history of jazz, noted jazz artists, the black-white tensions within jazz, to its literary influence after World War II.

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