Health

and Physical Education Lesson plan

What can I learn from Social Media that I cant learn from Sport or Art?

Designed by Benjamin Rolls for VU AEG5138 Inclusion and Diversity, Term 2, 2015

Date:
Year Level:
Lesson duration:



Week 3, lessons 7 & 8
7
90 minutes total


Lesson name:
Express yourself!
Aboriginal culture and art
A lesson where students will learn about Aboriginal Culture and history and be assessed on a
group dance performance.




Learning Outcome/s:
Understand the culturally and historical significance of the Australian Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
Compose and Perform movements (dance) for specific purpose in telling a story



Aims:
Students will gain an understanding of Aboriginal culture, specifically in the form of art
(dance).
Students will be able to identify the historical significants of Physical activity.
Students will perform a series of movement to tell a story

Higher order thinking -
Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Creating, Analysing & Evaluating


Links to the Victorian Curriculum:

Learning Areas: Health and Physical Education

Strands: Participate in and investigate the cultural and historical significance of a range of physical
activities (VCHPEM138)

Compose and perform movement sequences for specific purposes in a variety of contexts
(VCHPEM134)




Prerequisite Knowledge:

Students will be made aware prior to class commencing that they will have a guest speaker and
that later in the double lesson that they will be assessed on a dance performance. Note taking will
be advised.



Location / Setting:
School Oval / Classroom


Key words:
Dance
History
Culture
Sexual health
Life cycle
Movement
Performance



Materials, Sources and Resources:

Bangarra Dance Theatre
Dance Resource: http://bangarra.com.au/education-resources/moth/class-activities-years-
5-6
A Device/projector- video
Grading rubric
Access to computers with internet.





Introduction:

Bangarra Dance theatre (Guest Speaker
Students will be made aware that they will have an assessment piece later
in the lesson
Students will be introduced to todays guest speaker and performer from
the Bangarra Dance theatre. Todays lesson will start on the school oval for
the guest performance.

The guest speaker will introduce students to the role of dance, music and
art in Aboriginal Culture and its Historical significance to their people. They
will explain the importance of telling stories and how dance helps to
express these stories.

The quest speaker will then perform the Moth for students. The moth is
an excerpt from the bush. This story is about the Life cycle. Ask the
children to watch and listen to the dance, be a respectful audience and try
to remember as much as they can about what they are seeing, hearing and
feeling. Ask them to notice if the choreographer uses symmetrical or
asymmetrical shapes, whether there is a clear beginning, middle and end,
and whether there is any repetition.

Students will be encouraged to ask/think about the following questions at
the end of the performance:

Who are the Aboriginal people/s who live in Arnhem Land?
Who are the dancers of Bangarra? Where do they come from?
Where is the company Bangarra based?
What does a moth look like and how does it move (on the ground
and in the air)? What are its habits and rituals?
Where and who in Australia perform these rituals/dances?
What is metamorphosis and what are the stages in the life cycle of a
moth? Can you make any links to Sexual Health?

After the performance students will thank the quest speaker/performer and
return to the Class room.

E5- Engage, Explore
Blooms Taxonomy- Understand, Analyze

Time Allocated
25 minutes




Main Body:

Dance the Moth
Students will be asked to help create room in the centre of the room so that
they can now perform the Moth.
Students will get into groups of 3-4 and find adequate space to perform the
Moth.
Students will use the following video as a guide:
http://bangarra.com.au/education-resources/moth/moth-with-audio-
description
Students are asked to now take notes and reflect what they have learnt
from the guest speaker as it can be used in the ICT website assessment
later. Again reflect and ask the questions that have been asked to the
Bangarra performer.
E5-Explore, Explain
Blooms Taxonomy- Remember, Apply

Getting Creative (assessment piece)
Students will have to create their own dance using the same style and music
that they used to perform the Moth. Their dance will be performed to the
other groups and will go from 1-2 minutes each and give an explanation and
reasoning for their groups performance.
Students must make links to the follow in their dance:
Aboriginal Culture and History
Aspect/themes/concepts of sexual health covered in previous
lessons
E5-Explore, Explain
Blooms Taxonomy- Apply, Create

Student Performances
Students will perform the dance that they have come up with, and explain it
to the other groups. They will also be assessed on this task. (see grading
rubric)
E5-Elaborate, Evaluate

Blooms Taxonomy- Apply, Remember



Conclusion:

Student reflection
Teacher and students will reflect on what they have learnt today; they will
be asked to write down a reflection that they also might wish to put in their
ICT website assessment.
Handout marks for group performances.
E5-Evaluate
Blooms Taxonomy- Evaluate

Time Allocated
15 minutes













25 minutes











20 minutes

Time Allocated
5 minutes



Assessment of Student (group) Learning:

Formal- students will be assessed on their dance performance and their explanation for their
performance. See grading rubric.

See attached rubric for assessment of group performance


Differentiation:

This lesson allows for different learning abilities listen skills, as well as making small notes at the
end of the class. Teacher will be note taking, observing and asking questions of students
throughout the class to ensure there is engagement in the activity. The teacher will also be require
to assess and make note on students group dance performances.