Dare to Dance topic

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The topics are integrated units with activities from several curriculum areas involving a range of thinking and learning skills.

Dance
Strand: (PK) Developing Practical Knowledge in Dance
Level: 2-4
Aim: Students will explore through movement, combine and contrast the dance elements of body awareness, space, time, energy, and relationship.

Related Activities:
Making some moves
Street Dance
Skateboarding and dance
Dance words
Sāsā
Beautiful Ballet
Dance your heart out

Strand: (DI) Developing ideas in Dance
Level: 2-4
Aim: Students will select, combine, and use elements of dance to develop ideas.
Strand: (CI) Communicating and Interpreting in Dance
Level: 2-4
Aim: Students will present dance and respond to their own and others’ dance works within their school communities.

Related Activites:
Making some moves
Polyfest
Bollywood

Strand: (UC) Understanding Dance in Context
Level: 2-4
Aim: Students will explore and describe how dance is used for different purposes in a variety of cultures.

Related Activities:
Costumes for ‘Culture Moves’
Haka
World of dance in NZ
World dance think quest
Dancing with masks
Sāsā
Polyfest

Social Studies
Strand: Culture and Heritage
Level: 2-4
Aim: Ways in which communities reflect the culture and heritages of their people.

Related Activities:
World of dance in NZ
Haka
World dance think quest
Dancing myths
Dancing with masks
Sāsā
Polyfest
Haka and sport
Dance your heart out

Health and Physical Education
Strand: Movement Concepts and Motor Skills
Level: 2-4
Aim: Practise movement skills and demonstrate the ability to link them in order to perform movement sequences.

Related Activities:
Skateboarding and dance
Why dance?
Dancing myths
Dance your heart out