Dancing 

 

Interdisciplinary unit team-taught with physical education teacher.

 

Dances covered. 

 

Folk Dances

1.     Children’s Polka

2.     Chimes of Dunkirk

3.     La Raspa

4.     Hokey Pokey

5.     Ace of Diamonds

6.     Pop Goes The Weasel

7.     Circassian Circle

8.     Greensleeves

9.     Northern Lights

10.Virginia Reel

 

           Square Dances

1.  Oh Belinda

2.  Forward and Back

3.  Hinkey Dinkey

4.  Captain Jinks

5.  Hoe Down

6.  Tie A Yellow Ribbon

7.  Dive the Oyster

8.  Split The Ring

       

          Skills Covered

1. elbow swing

2. do si do

3. heal changes

4. circling

5. sliding

6. promenade

7. change partners

8. single file walk

9. ladies change

10. star promenade

11. pass through

12. form lines of four

13. bend the line

14. grand right and left

15. grand square

16. Allemande left to corner

17. Allemande right to partner

  

           Materials Needed are:

              

          Records, record player, tapes, tape deck, somewhat of a script            for dances that are made up using all of the skills. Culminating activity is a performance by the students for parents during the day at the Primary School.

 

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