Dance 1 · Week 20 · Choreography and Partnering
Consent in Contact
Students learn to ask before touch, offer alternatives, and respect a partner's no in contact work.
- Students will
- Students learn to ask before touch, offer alternatives, and respect a partner's no while building healthy practices for contact based dance work, including alignment and weight placement in a no touch alternative.
- SEL skill
- Ask before touch and offer an alternative when the answer is no
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by asking clearly, respecting a partner's no, and offering an alternative before using contact.
- Content focus
- Consent in Contact
- Format
- Role play
Responsible decision-making
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- DA:Pr5.1.HSI: Dance, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 5 (Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.