ARTS EDUCATION TEACHER HANDBOOK

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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

LESSON PLANS

• Introduction and Explanations

• Elementary

  • Chance Dance Compositions

  • The First Fire: A Cherokee Animal Tale
    (see Assessment Item that aligns with this Lesson Plan)

  • Perimeter Dances

• Middle School

  • A Journey of Discovery: Studying Choreographers Who Changed the Face of Dance
    (see Assessment Item that aligns with this Lesson Plan)

• High School

  • Abstractions/Gestures

  • Choreography Project

  • Cinquain
    (see Assessment Item that aligns with this Lesson Plan)

  • Dance Transitions that Incorporate Free-flowing Movement Qualities

  • Pathways to the Future
    (see Assessment Item that aligns with this Lesson Plan)

  • Solo Dance Composition
    (see Assessment Item that aligns with this Lesson Plan)

ASSESSMENT ITEMS

• Introduction to Assessment in Arts Education Classrooms

• Elementary

  • Creative Arts Checklist-Dance Assessment

  • The First Fire, A Cherokee Animal Tale
    (see Lesson Plan that aligns with this Assessment Item)

  • Group Work Rubric

• Middle School

  • A Journey of Discovery: Studying Choreographers Who Changed the Face of Dance
    (see Lesson Plan that aligns with this Assessment Item)

  • Creative Arts Checklist-Dance Assessment

• High School

  • Checklist for Original Student Compositions

  • Cinquain
    (see Lesson Plan that aligns with this Assessment Item)

  • Creative Arts Checklist-Dance Assessment

  • Pathways to the Future
    (see Lesson Plan that aligns with this Assessment Item)

  • Solo Dance Composition
    (see Lesson Plan that aligns with this Assessment Item)

TIPS

• Managing Movement in the Classroom

  • Moving into the Curriculum

  • Tips on Managing Movement in the Classroom

• Integration

  • Introduction to Curriculum Integration

  • Integration with Dance/English Language Arts

    • Being Words

    • The Diary of Anne Frank

    • Parts of Speech and Dance

    • Reading, Writing and Dance?

  • Integration with Dance/Mathematics

    • Accumulation: Mathematics and Dance

    • Algebra and Dance

    • Teaching Mathematics through Dance and Movement

  • Integration with Dance/Science

    • Shadowplay - Discovery Through Play

  • Integration with Dance/Multiple Disciplines

    • Animal Classification Game

    • Bringing Reports to Life: Writing and Staging Documentaries

    • Fables - Move Them, Write Them, Asses Them!

    • Interdisciplinary Unit: Ancient Egypt

    • Interdisciplinary Unit: Native Americans

    • Integrated Performance: Dance, Music, and French

• Classroom Structures for Learning

  • Learning Centers in Elementary Arts Education Classrooms

• Literacy and the Arts

  • Connections: Literacy and the Arts

• Writing Across the Curriculum

  • Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum

  • Alignment Matrix with Dance Education and Middle Grades Writing

  • Alignment Matrix with Dance Education and 10th Grade Writing Assessment

• Strategies for Teaching the Elements of Dance

  • Time (Tempo)

  • Time (Rhythm and Notation)

  • Time (Rhythm and Notation as Structure for Choreography

  • Time (Rhythm and Meter)

  • Space (Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Shapes)

  • Space (Levels)

  • Space (Shapes)

  • Space (Shapes, Levels, Volume and Pathways)

  • Space (Pathways)

  • Space and Time

  • Time and Energy

RESOURCES

• Web Resources

• Print and Other Media Resources

• Resources that Assist With or Demonstrate Curriculum Integration

• Creative Arts Resources for Teaching and Integration

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