Topic: Ghanian Dance

Objective: I can demonstrate and describe dance from Ghana.
Vocabulary: Ghana, Kpolongo
Extensions: 

• Practice dance skills like

  • Same-side body movements and patterning

  • Cross-side body movement 

  • Balance and Freeze

  • Skipping and galloping

  • Grapevine

  • Walks - cat, bear, crab

• Consider how the dance moves represent daily movement in village life. Create dance moves for daily movement in your life or classroom. 

Topic: Beat and Body Percussion
Objective: I can create and perform rhythm patterns using my body.
Vocabulary: steady beat, rhythm, body percussion
Extensions: 

• Ask students to explain and/or demonstrate the difference between beat (the steady pulse or "heartbeat" of music) and rhythm (long and short sounds). 

• Keep a steady beat with any song or poem. Show the beat with the students' choice of body percussion (making rhythmic sounds on the body, like clapping, snapping, stomping, etc.).

• Perform steady beat body percussion along with this video from class.

Currently, media arts lessons are only offered in grades 3-5.

Topic: Building Ensemble
Objective: I can use my actor’s tools and participate in an ensemble.
Vocabulary: actor, actor’s tools, ensemble
Extensions:

• Play these theatre games as many times as possible.  They will be different each time.  Use as an icebreaker/warm up at the beginning of a day or as a reward at the end of the day.

• Identify additional improv circle games that seem accessible to your students and give them a go!  Check out this website for ideas.  Then Google the game to see if there is a video of it being played so you have a more clear idea of how it looks.

Topic: Line
Objective: I can create an abstract drawing with thick and thin lines.
Vocabulary:  thick, thin, sketch, brainstorm, abstract
Extension: