social-emotional learning (SEL)

This resource has been designed to support senior dance educators by offering five independent lesson plans that align with the Ontario Dance Curriculum. Each lesson introduces a foundational topic in dance education: Know Your Body: Anatomy of a Dancer, The 5 Ws and How of Dance, Choreographic Structures, Dance and Identity, and Dance and Mental Health. Each lesson can function independently, but they were intentionally designed to be expandable. Teachers may choose to use any of these lessons as starting points for larger units. Whether you are using these as standalone or starting point lessons, these topics will engage students in the theoretical and practical aspects of the curriculum.

These first five lessons are intended to launch a primary drama program by creating a classroom community, establishing rules and expectations for safety and support, and introducing dramatic elements to primary students.

Students develop skills in drama, dance and critical literacy through an exploration of the topic of cyber-bullying. The unit begins with an exploration of communication in a digital age. By the end of the unit, students will understand how electronic forms of communication can be used with intention to harm or with intention to have a positive and powerful impact. Created in 2010 for 2009 Ontario Curriculum Support.