Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts

4. Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

Students:

identify basic dance movements that are typical of the major world cultures (a)
explain the settings and circumstances in which dance is found in their lives and those of others, both past and present (b).

This is evident, for example, when students:

discuss the dance forms of the Plains Indians

explain the role that dance plays in their community (e.g., weddings, proms, festivals).