Dearborn Educational Curriculum

Identify and demonstrate understanding by performing folk and/or classical dances from other cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles.

Identify and demonstrate understanding of folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different cultures, time periods, or from a broad spectrum of twentieth-century America. Understand, analyze, and describe the cultural/historical context of that dance, effectively sharing its context with peers.

Identify and demonstrate understanding of the role of dance in a culture or time period.

Competently perform folk and/or classical dances from other cultures; describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles.

Competently perform folk, social, or theatrical dance forms learned from resources in their own community, of different cultures, time periods, or from a broad spectrum of twentieth-century America. Understand, analyze, and describe the cultural/historical context of that dance, effectively sharing its context with peers.

Accurately describe the role of dance in at least two different cultures or time periods.

Explain how personal experience influences the interpretation of a dance. (21st Century skills: I.3, I.4, I.6, II.7, III.1)

Perform and describe similarities and differences between two contemporary theatrical forms of dance. (21st Century Skills: I.3, I.4, I.6, III.7)

Perform or discuss the traditions and techniques of a classical dance form. (21st Century Skills: I.3, I.4, I.6, III.7)

Analyze the role of dance and dancers prior to the twentieth century. (21st Century: I.3, I.4, II.1, III.1, III.2, III.7)