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\nLanguage of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song\n

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\nFor Native Americans, the connection between themselves and the land on which they live runs deep and is apparent throughout their different cultures. During a series of three lessons, young scholars explore the culture of the Hopi...\n
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\nClassic Children's Songs from ABCmouse.com\n

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\nChildren's songs make learning fun. The eight classic songs in this collection teach children about counting and rhyming, animals and insects, clapping and dancing, and expressing feelings. Perfect for brain breaks and remote learning...\n
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\nFamily Dance\n

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\nA kid raps and dances with his family. He dances with his dad, mom, and little sister. This is a great way to introduce the idea of family dancing to your littlest learners. Have them draw or write a song about their families or plan a...\n
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\nGet Up And Dance\n

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\nZoe dances to stay healthy. She does ballet because when she dances she moves her whole body. Use this video to help incorporate a rhythmic movement through dancing into the daily routine of your primary learners.\n
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\nIrish Step Dancing School\n

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\nMurray visits an Irish step dancing school in this film. Learners will love talking about this interesting form of dancing. They can even give step dancing a try.\n
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\nDance Theatre Of Harlem\n

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\nExposing younger students to fine art enriches their learning experience and opens them up to a different mode of self-expression. Elmo and Zoe attend and narrate a ballet at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Show your class a similar ballet...\n
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\nBaila! Latin Dance in the Spanish Classroom\n

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\nOne, two, three. One, two, three. Invite your language learners to practice the steps for researching and presenting information. Each small group has the task of explaining one Latin dance in full detail.\n
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\nFlip and Flop: An Adaptation Through Dancing Echoes with Shapes and Locomotor Movement\n

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\nDancers practice echoing through dance. They listen to a story \"Flip and Flop\" and then are put into pairs. One partner is Flip, while the other is Flop. Flip creates a shape by dancing, and Flop, the other student, echoes that shape by...\n
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\nJarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance)\n

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\nOh, what a fun dance to learn! In this version of the Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance) which comes from Missouri State University, there are a lot of steps to learn along with finger snapping and hand clapping. While this is not...\n
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\nSpace Jam Dilemma/Dance\n

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\nDo the \"Space Jam\" Dance! A dance that is made up of basketball skills movements, such as: dribbling, defending with hands up, pivoting, shooting, and slam dunks. The dance step descriptions are very well written out with cues for...\n
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\nMichael Jackson's “Beat It” Dance\n

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\nLooking for a line dance? Look no further. This dance is performed to Michael Jackson's \"Beat It\". It is comprised of four eight-counts. The moves consist of walking forward, swinging the hips, doing the grapevine, walking backwards, and...\n
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\nMichael Jackson's \"Beat It\" Dance\n

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\nLearn this 32-count line dance. There are four eight-counts that repeat throughout the song. The steps include walking forward, walking backward, pivots, grapevine, and some jumps. All in all this is a simple and quick dance to learn....\n
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\nMove It Line Dance\n

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\nThe upbeat song \"I Like to Move It\" from the movie Madagascar is just the ticket! Get your younsters up and moving. The basic steps in this dance are the grapevine, side step, squat, back step, jumps, jumping jacks, and marching in...\n
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\n5,6,7,8 Line Dance\n

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\n5,6,7,8 Line Dance is a very simple, but very fast-paced line dance. It is comprised of the grapvine steps, moving forward and backwards, moving diagonally, jumping, and clapping. There is a repeating section of the dance which calls for...\n
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\nSpace Jam Dance\n

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\nDo the \"Space Jam\" dance! A dance that is made up of basketball skills movements, such as: dribbling, defending with hands up, pivoting, shooting, and slam dunks. The dance step descriptions are very well written out with cues for...\n
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\nStuck Like Glue 4 - Wall Line Dance\n

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\nHeel, toe, heel, toe, grapevine, stomp. Put some basic dance steps together and get moving. Teach this 32-count series to your class and when they've got the steps down add some music. \"Stuck Like Glue\" by Sugarland has a great beat and...\n
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\nFirework Dance\n

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\nTeach some dance moves to \"Firework\" by Katy Perry. It's such an upbeat song, you will have those dancers moving and wanting to move more! There are four 16-count parts to learn. It's not too complicated. Teach them the steps, then put...\n
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\nDancing With Glee\n

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\nSlide right, slide left, knee, step, run, run, rolling, pivot, turn, shake those shoulders! These moves make up the 32-count dance to the tune of \"Proud Mary\" as performed by the cast from the TV show \"Glee\". Use the video to learn the...\n
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\nDance with Your Fingers, Draw with Your Toes\n

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\nPair dancing, music, and art into one elementary activity. Using the work of Henri Matisse and Rudy Autio as inspiration, kids spend a few days listening to music that fits the moods of various pieces of art, then work on their own...\n
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\nDance Pad Mania\n

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\nYou'll dance for joy at finding a helpful resource. Learners use their knowledge of electric circuits and currents to create a dance pad. Buzzes or flashes should occur when dancers step on the dance pads—a sure sign they have all the...\n
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\nHarriet Tubman: Retelling History Through Dance and Drama\n

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\nScholars listen to several pieces of music in preparation for a discussion about how instruments and lyrics convey emotions. With Harriet Tubman as the focus, small groups create an original song or dance. A reflection piece concludes...\n
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\nDance Challenge: Calculate and Compare Speed by Measuring a Series of Dance Movements\n

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\nReally neat! Kids choreograph a dance phrase and then measure the distance and speed of the phrase using a timer and a meter stick. They collect the data on a table which they use to determine an average. A series of observation and...\n
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\nDimension Dances\n

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\nUse dance to help learners conceptualize line segments, rays, lines, and planes. They choreograph dances that show dimensional space. Dancers start by pondering space, point, and lines as the teacher draws them in the air. Each...\n
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\nDance With Murray\n

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\nVictoria is very talented. She can dance to ballet, hip-hop, rock, classical, and even polka music. She tells Murray that dance is really good exercise and helps you grow. She shows Murray some of her best dance moves.\n
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