Movement
Essential Questions:
*What are different ways a group can move and dance together?
*How can individuals move in ways that reflect the nature (expressive whole) of music?
Habits Of Mind:
*Persisting
*Managing impulsivity
*Creating, imagining, innovating
*Taking risks
*Working as part of a group (interdependence)
Content:
*Patterns of Movement
*Formations of Movement
Skills and Processes:
*Respond appropriately with body control in dance situations
*Pathway (straight, zigzag, curved, etc.)
*Perform a simple circle folk dance
*Participate in a simple double-line folk dance
*Demonstrate an awareness of dance patterns
Resources:
Movement recordings
Creative Dance Institute
Multicultural Dimension:
*Music and dances from world cultures