Nov 17 - Week 14 - Meeting 25 / Mini-Lessons


 

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Unit: Teaching

Theme: Community Dance

 

Introduction

Today's class introduces community dance to K - 12 students, as a possible source of knowledge.  Based on multiple spiritual practices from various cultures, community dances serve as a community enhancer where chants and steps combine to group people from all walks of life. The documentary shown in the case-study, Dances of Universal Peace, illustrates the possibilities of using dance to teach children how to build a learning community using dance.

 

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Learning Objectives 

 

  • Understand the different possibilities of international community dance 
  • Explain the importance of community dance as a meaningful spiritual experience
  • Gain an awareness of the variety of community dances with a spiritual origin
  • Discuss these ideas with other members of the class 

 

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Main Lesson

 

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Mini-lessons

 

 

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Read 

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Community_Performance/pwWQDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dance+performance&pg=PT18&printsec=frontcover

Read the Introduction 

Question 1

What is community performance? 

 Question 2

How does community performance compares to community dance?

 

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Read
 
 

 
 Question 3
 
According to Jennifer Friedman, what is the purpose of the  Dances of Universal Peace?
 
 
 
 
 
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 A Note to Remember
 
 
"I praise the dance, for it frees people from the heaviness of matter and binds the isolated to community"
  St. Augustine 

 
 
 
 Question 4

What does St. Augustine mean in the quote above?  

 

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Case Study


  




Questions 5 & 6

5) Please, write your reaction to this video in whichever way it affects your ideas, feelings, hopes, prejudices about dance and religious practices.

6) In which way can these dances be taught to kids of all ages? Illustrate your answer with examples. 







 

VI

Journaling

 

VII

Glossary

 

VIII

Sources

 

IX 

Students' Work

 

 

 

 

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