Modern+Dance

Modern Dance -Ask students to perform dictated routines to the best of their ability, with multiple partners -Assign students partners and have them create their own routine || -Does student attempt to emulate the style of the dance -Does the student respect themselves and their partner -Does the routine represent imagination and insight || -Ask students to perform dictated routines to the best of their ability, with multiple partners -Assign students partners and have them create their own routine || -Does student attempt to emulate the style of the dance -Does the student respect themselves and their partner -Does the routine represent imagination and insight || -Ask students to perform dictated routines to the best of their ability, with multiple partners -Assign students partners and have them create their own routine || -Does student attempt to emulate the style of the dance -Does the student respect themselves and their partner -Does the routine represent imagination and insight || -Ask students to perform dictated routines to the best of their ability, with multiple partners -Assign students partners and have them create their own routine || -Does student attempt to emulate the style of the dance -Does the student respect themselves and their partner -Does the routine represent imagination and insight ||
 * DANCE || OVERVIEW || LESSONS || ASSESMENT ||
 * Swing || -Originating in the depression, swing is a fast and furious dance that emphasizes freedom || -Introduce Students to the basics of Swing
 * Hop || -A collection of dances such as the bunny-hop and lindy-hop, these dances are fun and social || -Introduce Students to the basics of Hop
 * Jive || -Based un swing, and related to the jitterbug, Jive is a high energy social dance || -Introduce Students to the basics of Jive
 * Twist || -A fun dance famous for moves like the mashed potato and the funky chicken || -Introduce Students to the basics of The Twist

Hip Hop

A hip hop unit is something best dealt with by a hip-hop instructor. This lesson supposes the availability of a hip-hop specialist in the school, or avaliable to the teacher through personal connections.

The simplest hip-hop unit plan is to give students free time, after teaching them the simpler modern dances, to choreograph a hip-hop routine by using any moves from their previous lessons (folk and modern) and any other moves they can create to develop their own dance.

In this unit, the hip hop routine will be assigned as an expression of an environment, so the unit would require a group planning class, to select climates to represent (desert, marsh, ocean, tundra, plains, mountains) and then distribute these to groups. Each group then needs free time coupled with guidance in order to present a dance routine. Routines will be presented to the class, and marked for

(1) Creativity (2) Demonstration of learning (3) Teamwork and (4) Expression of the environment assigned