Teaching Fractions through Dance

Below is a lesson plan on learning fractions through dance the weblink provides instruction on the implementation of this lesson plan as well as quicktime files on what the dances should actually look like!

http://www.ltta.ca/lesson_plans_link2.html

Lesson Plan Title: Learning Fractions Through Dance
Artforms: Dance
Lesson Plan Type: Classroom Based
Creator: Corinne Harle
Language: English
Date Created: 01-Feb-2006
Publisher: Royal Conservatory of Music
Rights: Royal Conservatory of Music. All rights reserved.
Aboriginal Themes: No
Description:

This lesson explores common fractions through dance and body movement. Students will be able to demonstrate concepts of the whole number, ½, ¼, 1/8, 2/5, 1/6, 2/6, 3/6, etc. through dance compositions, and be able to explain what fractions are demonstrated by the movements the group created.

Making a Case for the Arts: How and Why the Arts are Critical to Student Achievement and Better Schools (2006)

http://www.aep-arts.org/files/publications/MakingaCaseforarts.pdf

This brochure describes the benefits of arts education based on new research published by the Arts Education Partnership.

Arts Education Partnership

http://www.aep-arts.org/

From the Website:

The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools.

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An American site but has relevant information and resources on the state of Arts Education and its important connection to academic success.

Learning Through The Arts

http://www.ltta.ca/

The Following Lesson Plans are given on the main page of the LTTA website.

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Andrew Taylor

http://www.artsjournal.com/artfulmanager/

From his website:

Andrew is currently the president of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (an international association of degree-granting programs in arts and cultural management, research, and policy), and is a consulting editor for The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. He received his master's in Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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While not directly linked to Arts Ed in the classroom, many funding agencies (such as the Ontario Arts Council) are placing putting pressure on Arts Organizations such as museums, cultural centres and galleries to include more extensive Arts Education Programs.

He provides some interesting insight into the cultural management sector and has some great links to other arts organizations.

UPBAG

http://www.upbag.com/

From their website:

UPBAG (Upper Parkdale Benevelont Art Guild) is a small craft collective that believes the city should be a cozy and comfy place. We recognize the mutually defining relationship between the cities we live in and our selves, therefore we have constructed a soft city as a way to soften the ways we interact, understand, and live with others. We use soft materials for our plush city, such as felt and fabric for buildings, and lino prints to create windows and doors. Some of our buildings are replicas of recognizable structures and some seem to come directly from the mind of Dr. Seuss.

This project is an excellent example of the way the arts can reach a community and vice versa - excellent use of felt and sculpture in the classroom as well.