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The Dance of the Butterfly

Create an original dance that communicates the stages of the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.

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Trees In Nature And Art

Students will explore the use of trees in paintings and poetry

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Set a Poem to Music

Explore a “singable” picture book and examine a poem for rhythm to determine its musical meter

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String Instruments and Pitch

In this lesson, students explore how pitch is altered based on the width and length of the string.

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Twelve-Bar Blues

Learn about the history, key players and musical qualities of the blues

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Amazing Fibonacci

Students study pattern, recursion, Pi and the Golden Ratio, developing their ability to analyze the structure of music

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Title & Description	Grade Band	Arts Subject	Other Subject
Lesson: Discovering Russian Folk Dance Students will learn the Russian folk dance "Troika." Then, they will work in groups of three (the traditional grouping used in the "Troika") to research Russian culture and history.	5-8	Dance	English, Language Arts, World Languages
Lesson: Elements of Ballet Explore and discover the elements of dance by demonstrating various simple movements. This exercise will help assess the students’ level of experience and ability.	5-8	Dance	Physical Education
Lesson: Fancy Fencing Stage-fighting, and especially sword-fighting, is important to the plot of many Shakespearean plays. In theatre, fights are based on precise choreography.	5-8	Dance, Theater	Physical Education
Lesson: Interpreting Mythology Through Dance In this lesson, students learn about Ancient Egyptian rituals and attitudes about death and the afterlife.	5-8	Dance	Social Studies
Lesson: Language of Ballet This lesson introduces students to the French vocabulary of ballet. They will learn basic ballet vocabulary through both verbal and technological instruction.	5-8	Dance	Physical Education
Lesson: Moccasins Are Made for Dancing Students will read either of Tomie DePaola’s versions of two Native American legends: The Legend of the Bluebonnet or The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.	5-8	Dance	Language Arts, Social Studies
Lesson: Sundiata, Mali’s Lion King This lesson introduces the legendary Malian king Sundiata Keita, known as the Lion King of Mali, by using elements of traditional Malian festivals.	5-8	Dance, Theater, Visual Arts	Language Arts, Social Studies
Lesson: Systems of the Body: Movement and Choreography In this lesson, students will create movement patterns that express information about the basic systems, organs, and processes of the human body.	5-8	Dance	Language Arts, Physical Education
Lesson: Weather and Wind This lesson introduces the expanding and condensing properties of air masses and the unequal heating of Earth as the force behind the wind.	5-8	Dance	Science