Sports around the World

Dance Lesson Plan

Tyson Biffin

The following lesson plan is in relation to the dance lesson that is used throughout the unit. The dances have links to Germany and Serbia and require
students to work collaboratively to perform the dances successfully.
The students must always bring their laptops to class and scrapbook, some students may chose to do this through oneNote, so that they can continue to
gather resources and infomration on the different sports and activities from around the world.
*The dances are displayed below the lesson plan in their own form format

The lesson Duration is 72 minutes with students requiring 5 minutes at the end of class to start writing their reflection on the class and what they learnt.













Sports around the World
Dance Lesson Plan
Tyson Biffin
Learning
Intention
& Success
Criteria
Vocabulary Learning Activities -Theory- Year 7 Assessment
Task
Resources
Lesson
& Stage of
Inquiry
CONTENT
BASED
Warm Up Whole Class Whole Class #2 Reflection
Homework
Readings

1. Olympic
values




What?
Performing
dances from
different parts of
the world.

Why? Due to the
amount of
dances that there
are and how
different cultures
and parts of the
world have
influenced
dance.

How?
Participating in a
wide range of
dance activities.


The Kolo

Hell Toe Polka

Formation


Warm Up~
The warm up with
be musical dice
roll. Students
dance using the
movement that the
teachers choose in
a clockwise
motion. When the
music stops they
run towards one of
the six stations,
with the dice being
representative of
each six stations.
The station that
the dice lands on
ahs to perform
some sort of dance
in front of the
entire group. For
example an
interpretive dance
of an egg hatching.


The Heel To Polka
(attached)
*As always
students reflect
about this activity
after class.
(20mins)


The Kolo
(Attached)

(20 Mins)

*As always students
reflect about this
activity after class.


Reflection on
tasks happens as
a class with
students
reflecting on
their experience
dancing within
their scrapbook
or online
notebooks,
depending on
how students
chose to present
their scrapbook.



PowerPoint
Activity One
Activity Two
St Helena
Secondary
College
Dance Unit

Sports around the World
Dance Lesson Plan
Tyson Biffin


HEEL AND TOE POLKA
GERMANY


Formation; 2 Circles Boys form inside circle
- Girls form outside circle
- Dance moves in an anti-clockwise
direction with partners either holding
hands or in a waltz-hold

Steps Sequence;

1. Boys left, girls right foot, in anti- clockwise direction
heel out then toe behind other foot x 2, jumping on the
other foot as you do the heel and toes
2. Boys right, girls left foot, in clockwise direction heel
out and toe behind other foot x 2, jumping on the other
foot as you do the heel and toes
3. Drop hands and with partner right hand clap x3
- left hand clap x 3
- both hand clap x 3
- both knees clap x3
Sports around the World
Dance Lesson Plan
Tyson Biffin
4. With your partner, skip in an link right arms for a
turn (approx 2 counts) then look towards your new
partner who is on your right in the circle
5. Extend your left arm towards your next partner, skip
across (2 counts) and link left arms and do a full turn
(4 counts) with your new partner
6. Hold hands with your new partner, ready to start the
sequence of steps (no 1 5) again immediately in the
anti-clockwise direction
7. Repeat steps 1 to 5 again, moving to a new partner on
step 5 at the end of each sequence


THE KOLO
SERBIA

Formation; Groups of 6 10 standing in a straight line all facing
forward

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Steps Sequence;
The dance is in 4 parts, which when completed are then
repeated over and over again. With each repeat of the 4 parts,
the music builds and gets faster, so the steps need to also be
done at a faster speed and in a smaller fashion from the
original steps. The last few sequences of the steps are done
with the music again slowing down.
Sports around the World
Dance Lesson Plan
Tyson Biffin

PART 1;
1. 4 steps forward, starting with the left foot L, R, L, R
2. 4 steps backward, starting with the right foot R, L, R, L

PART 2;
1. Moving to the left, step L, behind with R, step L, then
step-hop the R knee up, while still being on your L foot
2. Moving back to the right, step R, behind L, step R, then step-hop the L
knee up, while still being on your R foot

PART 3;
On the spot, step-hop 4 times, L
knee, R knee, L knee, R knee

PART 4;
1. Moving to the left, step L to side, R behind, L to side, R
behind, L to side, R behind (ie; 3 x step-behinds), then
finish with a step- hop (step L and hop lifting the R
knee)
2. Moving to the right, do 3 x step-behinds (step R to side and behind
with L), finishing with a step-hop on the right (step R and hop lifting
the L knee)

Repeat PARTS 1 4 using the speed of the music - faster or slower.