Design and Perform a Rhythmic Routine Teacher Resources

Third graders experience multiplication facts through movement and music. They view the Multiplication Rock video, choreograph a movement or dance to teach the multiplication facts of threes, and perform their dance.

Students explore basic dance movements such as run, skip, slide, gallop and hop. As a class, students write a poem about the life cycle of a sunflower. Once the poem is finalized, students visualize what is happening in the poem. They...

Students explore Balinese culture. In this Balinese integrated fine arts lesson plan, students listen to a podcast of "The Monkey Dance," taking notes about important features of the dance. Students participate in a jigsaw cooperative...

Second graders analyze the profession of a ballet dancer and complete related activities. In this ballet lesson, 2nd graders view images of ballet danders and discuss the performance of a Chinese version of Cinderella. Students listen to...

Dance our way to a better environment? If only it were that simple! This unique activity appeals to bodily kinesthetic learners, but can memorable for all types of learners. They investigate different learning styles, or more...

Students choreograph dances. In this dance choreography activity, students evaluate musical selections, then create a dance that capture the emotion of the music.

Learners are introduced to Yvonne Ranier's "Trio A" dance and investigate how to express concern over social issues through choreography. They research important issues from the 1960's, choreograph and perform original dances.

Play it cool, real cool, with a vocabulary exercise based on words drawn from West Side Story. Do not deprive young choreographers or your ensemble a chance to prove they are not juvenile delinquents.

Learners examine Anna Halprin's philosophies and choreography and perform one of her Planet Dances. They find a site that inspires them to create a dance based on the environment's design, levels, textures, and atmosphere.

Students examine the choreography of Dan Wagoner. In this art instructional activity, students create their own choreography based on the work of Dan Wagoner's dance "Plod."

Students observe as the teacher introduced themself as a talent scout for a clothing company for teenagers who is looking for a choreographer for a commercial for a new line of clothes called, "The Wrap". They work alone or in groups of...

Young scholars explore butterfly life cycles and movement.  For this integrated fine arts and biology life cycle lesson, students listen to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and identify the related life cycle stages....

Students explore sharp and smooth movements. In two groups, students perform dances using sharp and smooth movements. They are asked to discuss the differences between the movements and how they felt when you watched or performed.

Fourth graders discover movement through the telling of "The First Fire", a Cherokee tale. Small groups are given sections of the story to tell by creating dances. Music (live and recorded) adds to the final performance and assessment.

Students examine the history of the musical "Oklahoma". They choreograph their own segment from the Dream Ballet. They also gather information from listening to media reports.

West Side Story and Romeo & Juliet—two classics in their own rights that help young literature lovers better analyze different works. Learners research and compare the characters and story elements of West Side Story and Romeo &...

As part of a celebration of National Dance week, class members engage in a series of exercises that introduce them to the movements of modern dance.

Tenth graders study the history, performance, production and audience elements of selected ballets to understand their relevance to society. They physically learn basic ballet movement vocabulary to embody the dance form.

Students enhance their understanding of how animals function in a habitat.Students are scattered individually and in small groups. About half of students make coral shapes in small groups. The other half of students move like animals in...

Eighth graders investigate modern-dance choreographer Merce Cunningham's historically significant contribution to dance-making history. Specifically, 8th graders explore and practice Merce Cunningham's choreographic use of chance...

Students research Dan Wagoner and apply his choreographic ideas in "Plod" to dance study. In this art instructional activity, students discuss Dan Wagoner. Students select four shapes from "Plod" and connect in a dance.

High schoolers demonstrate knowledge of the processes, principles, and structure of line dance. In groups students choreograph their own line dance, implementing moves learned from previous dances taught in the line dance unit.

Eighth graders evaluate choreography. In this choreography lesson, 8th graders improvise and choreograph dance moves based on a title given to them by the teacher. Students discover that a good title helps the audience interpret the...

Learners choreograph a simple dance and have experience performing. students choose their own groups-usually of about 3-4, or assign the groups. Each group receives one dance card. They are to decide the order in which to do the steps.