Number: DA.912.H.2
Title: The arts reflect and document cultural trends and historical events, and help explain how new directions in the arts have emerged.
Type:
Enduring Understanding
Subject: Dance
Grade: 912
Big Idea: Historical and Global Connections
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
| Code |
Description |
| DA.912.H.2.1: | Survey cultural trends and historically significant events, in parallel with the history of dance, to understand how each helped shape dance as an art form. |
| DA.912.H.2.2: | Explore how perceptions of gender, race, age, and physical ability have challenged dance artists in various cultures, and how changing perceptions have affected dance as an art form. |
| DA.912.H.2.3: | Hypothesize how dance will look in the future and defend that hypothesis, based on history and social trends, to show understanding of their importance to the development of dance. |
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| DA.912.H.2.In.0: | Compare dance works from different choreographers, cultures, and historical periods. |
Supported
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| DA.912.H.2.Su.0: | Identify similarities and differences in dance from different choreographers, cultures, and historical periods. |
Participatory
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| DA.912.H.2.Pa.0: | Recognize a variety of significant dances. |
Related Resources
Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.
Lesson Plans
| Name |
Description |
| Understanding Civic Participation Through Dance: | In this integrated civics and dance lesson, students will analyze the dance of the Civil Rights Movement and how it was used to fight the distortion of Black people and racism. Students will explore dancers of the time and how dance was used to eradicate the negative stereotypes of Black people. Students will learn about the rise of Black dancers in American concert dance and how Black dancers made a conscious effort to educate others about the beauty and abilities of African Americans. |
| Overcoming Adversity - Choreographic Exploration & Expression: | In this lesson the students will learn about the story of Misty Copeland, then will create their own choreographic phrase, exploring and expressing the theme of overcoming adversity. |
| Dance Composition and Literacy : | The student after researching major news stories will identify a cultural, community or societal problem, and response to the problem from two distinct perspectives via a dance composition.
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