PE Course 1 · Week 17 · Rhythms and Dance
Brave Enough to Perform
Small groups perform their sequence for a supportive audience and journal how they managed nerves before, during, and after.
- Students will
- Students perform a rehearsed sequence for a supportive audience and evaluate their own psychological responses to performing (C1.3.3).
- SEL skill
- Use breathing and self-talk to manage nerves
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by using breathing and positive self-talk to move through nerves.
- Content focus
- Brave enough to perform
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- C1.3.3: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.3
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.8 Analyzes and applies self-selected techniques to manage one's emotions in a physical activity setting.
- SHAPE America (national): 1.12.4 Demonstrates and creates movement sequences based on one or more forms of dance.
More self-management activities for PE Course 1
- Personal Bests, Private Data Self-managementStudents complete a baseline fitness check, record results only in their own journal, and set one goal measured against their own starting point.
- Breathing to Reset Self-managementAfter short sprint intervals, students practice box breathing to bring their heart rate down and journal one moment outside PE when the reset could help.
- Yoga Flow and Focus Self-managementStudents learn a short yoga flow paired with slow breathing and journal how their attention and body felt before and after.
- Goals Without Comparison Self-managementStudents redo their private baseline check, compare only to their own week four results, and adjust their goal for the next half of the year.
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