Dancing a Story | Integrated Teaching
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Dancing a Story | Integrated Teaching
In this video segment for teachers, Dr. Marianne McAdam, director of the dance minor program at Eastern Kentucky University, shows an example of integrating creative dance with another subject area. She guides a group of fourth grade students from EKU’s Model Lab School in creating a dance based on the book The Loon Spirit, a Native American story. As they explore the dance element of force, they are also reinforcing their reading comprehension and understanding of the story.