PE Course 1 · Week 15 · Rhythms and Dance
Dances From Our Cultures
Students learn basic steps from cumbia and other cultural dances and journal about a family or community tradition that involves movement.
- Students will
- Students learn basic cumbia steps and one other cultural dance and explain how dance helps people understand one another's cultures (C1.3.8).
- SEL skill
- Show respect and curiosity toward a dance tradition
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by showing respect and curiosity toward dance traditions from different cultures.
- Content focus
- Dances from our cultures
- Format
- Structured discussion
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding and caring about the perspectives of others, including people from different backgrounds. More social awareness activities
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
- C1.3.8: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.8
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 2.12.14 Identifies and discusses the historical and cultural roles of games, sports and dance in a society.
- SHAPE America (national): 1.12.4 Demonstrates and creates movement sequences based on one or more forms of dance.
More social awareness activities for PE Course 1
- Strengths in Every Partner Social awarenessTeams plan a relay by assigning legs based on each teammate's strengths, then journal about a strength they noticed in someone else.
- Heat Smart in the Valley Social awarenessDuring a shaded, low intensity circuit, students learn the warning signs of heat illness in the Coachella Valley and practice checking in on a partner and following the class heat plan.
- Finding the Beat Together Social awarenessIn a mirror dance, partners take turns leading and following an eight count pattern and journal what it took to stay in sync.
- Choosing Partners Fairly Social awarenessStudents try several fair partner selection methods in badminton and journal about how it feels to be chosen first, last, or at random.
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