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clear Content Area: Dance - 2022 // Grade Level: First Grade // Standard Category: 3. Historical and Cultural Context
clear Content Area: Dance - 2022 // Grade Level: Second Grade // Standard Category: 3. Historical and Cultural Context
clear Content Area: Dance - 2022 // Grade Level: Third Grade // Standard Category: 3. Historical and Cultural Context
clear Content Area: Dance - 2022 // Grade Level: Fourth Grade // Standard Category: 3. Historical and Cultural Context
clear Content Area: Dance - 2022 // Grade Level: Fifth Grade // Standard Category: 3. Historical and Cultural Context
Dance - 2022
First Grade, Standard 3. Historical and Cultural Context
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Prepared Graduates:
- 6. Research, articulate, and embody dance from various eras and cultures.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Perform movements that represent different eras and cultures.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Perform movements found in dances from various eras and cultures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Understanding and performing dances can provide insight into information about a certain time in history or culture. (Social Awareness and Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Approaches to movement are diverse and are influenced by cultural and societal norms. (Social Awareness)
- Describing and understanding historical and cultural dances brings insight into the many diverse cultures. (Global Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- Why do people dance?
- What do you notice that is similar or different in the various dances?
- What information could we use to identify the purpose or story behind the dance?
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Prepared Graduates:
- 7. Investigate and synthesize how dance developed through the lens of the era or culture in which it originated.
Grade Level Expectation:
2. Recognize and describe ways in which dance represents different eras and cultures.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Name the differences in dances of different eras.
- Describe cultural aspects from videos and pictures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Exploring different dance forms and techniques gives insights into cultural traditions and purposes of dance. (Social Awareness, Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Students research connections between dance and society by gathering information from print and digital sources, determining biases and credibility of sources, citing sources accurately and using evidence to draw conclusions. (Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Data Literacy, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Social Awareness, Civic Engagement, Global and Cultural Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- How is dance used to celebrate?
- What kind of stories do different cultures tell through movement?
- What do you notice that is similar or different in the various cultural or historical dances?
- Can you identify the purpose or story behind the dance?
- What kinds of music, costumes, props were used?
Dance - 2022
Second Grade, Standard 3. Historical and Cultural Context
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Prepared Graduates:
- 6. Research, articulate, and embody dance from various eras and cultures.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Identify and perform movements that are era and culturally specific.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Observe, describe, and perform historical and culturally specific dances.
- Describe the mood or feeling of the accompaniment of different cultural and social dances.
- Describe the significance or meaning of costumes, masks, and accessories in different cultural and social dances.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Dances can be built around era or culturally specific experiences. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
- Describing and understanding historical and cultural dances brings insight into the many diverse cultures. (Global Awareness)
- Observation skills, dance research and embodied knowledge contribute to identifying dance works from a specific culture or era. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- How do you describe the dances around you?
- Why do people dance?
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Prepared Graduates:
- 7. Investigate and synthesize how dance developed through the lens of the era or culture in which it originated.
Grade Level Expectation:
2. Recognize and describe ways in which dance represents different eras and cultures.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Name the differences in dances of different eras.
- Describe cultural aspects from videos and pictures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Exploring different dance forms and techniques gives insights into cultural traditions and purposes of dance. (Social Awareness, Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Students research connections between dance and society by gathering information from print and digital sources, determining biases and credibility of sources, citing sources accurately and using evidence to draw conclusions. (Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Data Literacy, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Social Awareness, Civic Engagement, Global and Cultural Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- How do these dances make you feel?
- How do you think the people in the dances you saw felt?
Dance - 2022
Third Grade, Standard 3. Historical and Cultural Context
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Prepared Graduates:
- 6. Research, articulate, and embody dance from various eras and cultures.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Identify and demonstrate movements that are era and culturally specific.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Compare and contrast different cultural dances using movement descriptions and performance.
- Describe distinguishing characteristics of historical and cultural dances.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Observing social, cultural, or historical dances can enhance empathy and understanding of a group of people. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Observation skills, dance research and embodied knowledge contribute to identifying dance works from a specific culture or era. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Exploration of cultural or era specific dance can increase social awareness. (Social Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- Why do we use dance to explore eras and cultures?
- How do we observe dance from unfamiliar cultures?
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Prepared Graduates:
- 7. Investigate and synthesize how dance developed through the lens of the era or culture in which it originated.
Grade Level Expectation:
2. Recognize and describe ways in which dance represents different eras and cultures.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Contrast the differences in dances of different eras.
- Describe cultural aspects from videos and pictures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Exploring different dance forms and techniques gives insights into cultural traditions and purposes of dance. (Social Awareness, Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Students research connections between dance and society by gathering information from print and digital sources, determining biases and credibility of sources, citing sources accurately, and using evidence to draw conclusions. (Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Data Literacy, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Social Awareness, Civic Engagement, Global and Cultural Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- What do you notice about the way people are moving?
- What dance moves appeal to you from the era or culture?
- What are the similarities between the two time periods we studied?
Dance - 2022
Fourth Grade, Standard 3. Historical and Cultural Context
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Prepared Graduates:
- 6. Research, articulate, and embody dance from various eras and cultures.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Identify and demonstrate movements and terminology consistent with different eras and cultures.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Observe, describe, and perform dances from various cultures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Approaches to movement are diverse and are influenced by cultural and societal norms. (Social Awareness)
- Observation skills, dance research, and embodied knowledge contribute to identifying dance works from a specific culture or era. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Exploration of cultural or era specific dance can increase social awareness. (Social Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- How do we observe dance from unfamiliar cultures?
- Why do we use dance to explore eras and cultures?
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Prepared Graduates:
- 7. Investigate and synthesize how dance developed through the lens of the era or culture in which it originated.
Grade Level Expectation:
2. Identify and examine the influences of an era and culture on a dance form.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Identify and examine dances of the past and dances of the present.
- Identify similarities and differences of dances in cultures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Exploring different dance forms and techniques gives insights into cultural traditions and purposes of dance. (Social Awareness, Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Students research connections between dance and society by gathering information from print and digital sources, determining biases and credibility of sources, citing sources accurately, and using evidence to draw conclusions. (Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Data Literacy, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Social Awareness, Civic Engagement, Global and Cultural Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- How have technology and the media affected dance?
- Where can you look to find good dance research information?
Dance - 2022
Fifth Grade, Standard 3. Historical and Cultural Context
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Prepared Graduates:
- 6. Research, articulate, and embody dance from various eras and cultures.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Identify and demonstrate movements and terminology consistent with different eras and cultures.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Observe and describe movements from various cultures and eras using culturally specific terms.
- Perform movements specific to various cultures and eras.
- Compare and contrast dances from various cultures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Approaches to movement are diverse and depend on many cultural and societal norms. (Social Awareness)
- Observation skills, dance research and embodied knowledge contribute to identifying dance works from a specific culture or era. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Exploration of cultural or era specific dance can increase social awareness. (Social Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- What observation skills help us identify and describe dances from other cultures and eras?
- Why do we use dance to explore eras and cultures?
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Prepared Graduates:
- 7. Investigate and synthesize how dance developed through the lens of the era or culture in which it originated.
Grade Level Expectation:
2. Identify and examine the influences of an era and culture on a dance form.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Identify and examine dances of the past and dances of the present.
- Identify similarities and differences of dances in cultures.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills:
- Exploring different dance forms and techniques gives insights into cultural traditions and purposes of dance. (Social Awareness, Global and Cultural Awareness)
- Students research connections between dance and society by gathering information from print and digital sources, determining biases and credibility of sources, citing sources accurately and using evidence to draw conclusions. (Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Data Literacy, Critical Thinking and Analysis, Social Awareness, Civic Engagement, Global and Cultural Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- How does history influence present-day dances that you like?
- How does a dance from the past tell us about the people?
- Where do you see dance in traditions and celebrations?
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