Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Dance Standard 1
Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Dance Standard 2
Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Dance Standard 3
Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 5
Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 6
Making connections between dance and healthful living
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 7
Making connections between dance and other disciplines
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 4
Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 1
Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Education, Dance

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 2
Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Education, Dance

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Dance Standard 3
Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Education, Dance

Take Five: Arts in the 21st Century Classroom
The skills our students need can be readily integrated into arts lessons and vice versa
Theater, Music, Literature, Dance

Take Five: Cultural Connections
Enliven and enrich your cultural heritage month observances through the arts
Music, Dance, Theater, Poetry, Literature, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Native America, World Cultures, India

Article: Do Tell: Giving Feedback to Your Students
How can arts educators provide engaging and useful feedback? Here are seven suggestions to get you started
Education, Young Artists, Musical Instruments, Theater, Literature, Music, Poetry, Ballet, Dance

Tipsheet: Stories Brought to Life
Learn about ways to increase student participation and skill building during interactive read-alouds
Theater, Music, Language, Education, Dance

Tipsheet: Shall We Dance?: Foolproof Ways to Bring Dance into Your Classroom
Try these five easy ways to use dance and movement in your classroom
Dance, Education, Family, Music, Young Artists

Tipsheet: Social Dances for Upper Elementary
Some fun social dances to try with your upper-elementary-level students
Dance, Education, Music, Physical Activity

Tipsheet: Dance and Historical Events
Dance helps students better understand the far-reaching impact of historical events on many areas of a nation’s life
Dance, History

Tipsheet: Thinking Outside the Test
Introduction to performance assessment, which provides educators with "real-world" arts assessment strategies
Education, Young Artists, Visual Arts, Dance, Musical Instruments, Poetry

Tipsheet: Five Easy Social Dances for Early Elementary
Channel your students’ love of movement with these easy social dances
Dance, Education, Music, Physical Activity

Article: How Dance Can Teach Literature
How to incorporate dance into a traditional English classroom
Dance, Education, Literature, Young Artists

Article: Encouraging Your Students to Become Choreographers
Use these great ideas to get your students choreographing at your school
Broadway, Choreographers, Dance, Musicals, Theater, Young Artists

Grades 6-8 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.
Dance, Folklore, Native America, America, World Cultures

Grades 6-8 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
Choreographers, Dance, Physical Activity, Science

Grades 6-8 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.
Ballet, Dance

Grades 6-8 Lesson: Interpreting Mythology Through Dance
In this lesson, students learn about Ancient Egyptian rituals and attitudes about death and the afterlife.
Greece, Literature, Dance, World Cultures