Dance 1 · Week 12 · Elements of Dance
Injury, Rest, and Patience
Students apply healthy practices to prevent injury and decide when to push and when to rest.
- Students will
- Students apply healthy practices and anatomical principles to prevent injury and decide when to push and when to rest.
- SEL skill
- Weigh body signals and consequences to choose a safe level of effort
- What it looks like
- Students weigh signals from the body and make safe choices about effort and rest.
- Content focus
- Injury, Rest, and Patience
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making is choosing caring, constructive actions by thinking about safety, ethics, and consequences. More responsible decision-making activities
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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
More responsible decision-making activities for Dance 1
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- Appreciation, Not Appropriation Responsible decision-makingStudents compare respectful learning of a cultural dance form with viral trends that strip dances of their origins and credit.
- Consent in Contact Responsible decision-makingStudents learn to ask before touch, offer alternatives, and respect a partner's no in contact work.
- Watching Dance Critically Responsible decision-makingStudents analyze the artistic expression of a professional dance using dance terminology and evidence rather than likes and dislikes.
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