Sample Units of Study
Sample Unit:
“Understanding Our Emotions from the Inside Out”
This unit was created for an after-school teaching program at Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts, located in New Brunswick, NJ. Through this unit, students where able to understand and reflect upon their identities, their emotions, and how to be a better friend to others, through a social justice framework. This unit was created for Grades 2-3, but can be adapted and modified for multiple grade levels; included in the google slide to the right, are examples of how this unit can be adapted for other grade levels and teaching experiences.
Students at Paul Robeson Community School participating in “Understanding our Emotions from the Inside Out”
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Students at Paul Robeson Community School participating in “Understanding our Emotions from the Inside Out”
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Sample Unit: Body Positivity
“Learning To/Love”
This unit was created for my student teaching internship, intended for high school, grades 9-12. This unit examines and deconstructs body positivity and neutrality frameworks present in today’s society and further discusses the respresentation we see on social media platforms. Utilizing Language of Dance body part symbols, students identify body parts that they love, and that they are learning to love. By creating a solo about all the body parts they love, students are able to express, honor, and celebrate their body identities, for all that they are, and all they will continue to be.
These three lessons resulted in student choreographed solos, expressing, honoring and celebrating their body identities.
One of the Daily Agendas utilized during body positivity unit.
These three lessons resulted in student choreographed solos, expressing, honoring and celebrating their body identities.
An additional planned support utilized in this lesson about body positivity.
Sample Unit: Shen Wei
In this dance history unit, students learn about dancer, choreographer, and painter Shen Wei. By exploring abstraction in art, the elements of visual art, alongside Shen Wei’s company and site-specific dance works, students will create their own site specific and or multimodal dance work proposal, with choreography excerpts. This unit of study falls in a larger unit, highlighting and focusing on Asian and South-East Asian dancers and choreographers and their contributions to the dance world.
My graduate cohort, participating in the Demo Lesson of this unit.
My graduate cohort, participating in the Demo Lesson of this unit.
Students participating in this hip hop lesson.
Sample Unit:
“Hip Hop Dance and Culture of the 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s”
This unit was created during my student teaching placement, intended for high school, Grades 9-12. In this unit, students experience and explore hip hop dance and culture, progressional through the 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s. This google slide not only serves to provide lesson content, but further serves as a student-created resource, as well as provides summative assessment guidelines.
Students participating in this hip hop lesson.
Sample Unit:
“What is Musical Theatre Dance?”
This unit was created during my student teaching placement, intended for high school, Grades 9-12. In this unit encompasses the genre of musical theatre dance, which is further supported by the exploration of specific dance artists. This googles slide begins this unit of study.
Sample Unit:
“Introduction to Improvisation”
This unit was created during my student teaching placement, intended for high school, Grades 9-12. In this unit, students are introduced to improvisation as a creative and choreographic tool, which is further supported by additional lessons. This google slide begins this unit of study.
Students participating in improvisation lessons to support choreographic creation.
Students participating in improvisation lessons to support choreographic creation.