Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.5B Grade 12 CPI 2

 

Standard: 1.5 - World Cultures, History, And Society

 

Strand: B - Skills

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will compare and contrast the stylistic characteristics of a given historical period through dance, music, theater, and visual art.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

Swing Dance - Investigate Swing Dance and analyze its evolution between the 1920's and 1950's.
·        Access the internet, media center, historical books and videos.
·        Describe how its evolution parallel society in America during the same periods.

 

Essential Questions:
·        Where do you see Swing Dance today and who is doing it?
·        Describe the relationship between two partners doing Swing dance.

 

Reflective Response:
·        Why do you think Swing Dance has survived as a dance form for over 70 years, but the Twist lasted only a decade?