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Explore the Wild West through creative arts
Explore the Wild West through creative arts
Student dance resource developed by The Arts Unit
Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 dance and visual arts
What will your students learn?
What will your students learn?
Your students will:
Let's dance 1
warm up with simple movement combinations
explore the basic elements of dance, actions of the body, dynamic qualities of movement, timing, spatial aspects and relationships.
follow instructions to learn a new dance
perform the 'Howdy Partner' dance.
Let's dance 2
warm up with simple movement combinations and counting to 100
listen and clap along to the beat of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'
perform the 'Howdy Partner' dance to a faster piece of music
follow, dance and sing along to the 'Cowboy Dance' song.
Let's create
explore the colours and shapes of a sunset
create an artwork of a Wild West landscape.
Syllabus outcomes
Syllabus outcomes
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus
Let's dance 1
DAES 1.1: participates in dance activities and demonstrates an awareness of body parts, control over movement and expressive qualities.
DAES 1.2: explores movement in response to a stimulus.
DAES 1.7: performs simple dance sequences incorporating basic movement skills and patterns.
Let's dance 2
DAES 1.1: participates in dance activities and demonstrates an awareness of body parts, control over movement and expressive qualities.
DAES 2.7: performs familiar movement patterns in a variety of dance situations.
Let's create
VAES1.1: makes simple pictures and other kinds of artworks about things and experiences.
Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students
Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students
Collection of student work
Collection of student work
Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.
Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.
MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.
Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.
Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.
For further support on how to create these resources
For further support on how to create these resources
Offline access
Offline access
Download and print these documents to send to students with limited access to online resources.
The Wild West - Let's Dance 1 - The Arts Unit @home Creative Classes.docxThe Wild West - Let's Dance 2 - The Arts Unit @home Creative Classes.docxThe Wild West - Let's Create - The Arts Unit @home Creative Classes.docxWould you like to promote your school and showcase your students' work as a result of engaging in this Creative Class?
Help us celebrate the fantastic work of NSW public school students by emailing photos or videos that you have permission to share and comments on how your students enjoyed the class to digital.artsunit@det.nsw.edu.au.
Please include the Creative Class title and your school name in the email so we can share on The Arts Unit social media and our website.
Teacher feedback
Teacher feedback
Third-party content attribution
Third-party content attribution
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus, © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2006, copied under s113P, accessed 10 May 2020.
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