School Improvement in Maryland

Using the State Curriculum: Dance, Grade 4

Print:

Historical, Cultural, and Social Context:

Dance:

Historical, Cultural, and Social Context

Standard 2.0 Historical, Cultural, and Social Context

Students will demonstrate an understanding of dance as an essential aspect of history and human experience.

Indicator

Objectives
  1. Perform and explain the meaning of dances from cultures related to general classroom studies
  2. Explain the reasons why people in various cultures dance
  3. Share a personal dance experience from a specific culture

Indicator

  • 2. Relate dance to history, society, and personal experience
Objectives
  1. Identify relationships between historical events and major developments in dance
  2. Explain how dance relates to individual expression
  3. Identify characteristics and origins of various dance genres

Indicator

  • 3. Demonstrate understanding of the relationships between and among dance and other content areas
Objectives
  1. Demonstrate a variety of themes and ideas common to dance and other art forms
  2. Demonstrate ways in which the knowledge and skills of another content area are related to those of dance
  3. Select and perform movement sequences that show relationships between dance and other art forms

August 5, 2008