Unit 1: Call to Action
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Unit Intro
First and foremost, I just want to say thank you for entering my mini-course. Your very presence here indicates you are interested in improving your planning practices. Your current and/or future students will thank you!
Assuming that there may be a large range of participants taking this course, with diverse teaching backgrounds and dance experiences, in this unit we will begin by reviewing the basics. We will identify why integrating dance into non-dance courses is so important for students. After exploring the benefits of dance in K-12 education, we will set some general and preliminary goals for our own interdisciplinary units that we will develop over this mini-course.
Unit Objective
Participants will identify three to four general goals for their dance-related interdisciplinary unit
Unit Outline
Lesson 1.1: A Need for Dance Integration
Participants will...
- Describe the need for more dance education and integration in K-12 schools in the United States
- Reflect on the arts education offered in their schools
Lesson 1.2: Benefits of Dance Integration
Participants will...
- Define key benefits to dance education, dance integration, and interdisciplinary practices
- Reflect on benefits that have personal value by contributing to a peer-collaboration space
Lesson 1.3: Goal Setting and Brainstorming
Participants will...
- Prepare a personal Unit Planner document in Google Drive to use for the remainder of this mini-course
- Describe goals, ideas, and concerns through a brainstorming session
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