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The award is given annually for leadership and innovation and service in the field of health, physical education, recreation, and dance. Dance Units for Middle School author Judi Fey received one of the highest honors in her profession when she was given the R. Tait McKenzie Award by the Maryland Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (MAHPERD). She is the author of the new book Dance Units For Middle School, a guide to scholastic dance instruction for teachers and...
Devise a way to partner students for the Shadows and Mirrors activity. Slowly show cards, increasing floor numbers until getting to 10. Next show floor 7. Let students fall to floor 7 and then bring students slowly back up to floor 10 again (8, 9, 10). Then show floor 4, and then bring students slowly back up to floor 10 again (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Next show floor 2, and bring students slowly back up to floor 10 again. If time permits, allow students to improvise a dance in partners or in ...
Conceptualized by physical educators who are also dance trained, this resource offers step-by-step help to middle school physical educators (or other non-dance-trained or certified staff members) charged with teaching middle school dance. Three dance units with ready-to-use lessons are presented: improvisation, dance for athletes, and jazz dance. These lessons walk you through the process of planning and teaching a dance unit step by step, from introducing basic dance and fitness terminology...
Feel confident on the dance floor—step by step! The later steps show how to demonstrate dance etiquette, including how to adapt to a crowded social dance floor. “With more dances, enhanced diagrams, an instructor guide, and an accompanying DVD featuring dances and music, the third edition of Social Dance is a must-have for students.
