Physical Education Line Dance Unit and Lesson Plans | With Video Demonstrations

Do you want to teach an engaging Phys Ed line dancing unit, but don't know where to start? Look no further! This scaffolded secondary PE Line & Circle Dance Unit Plan is jam-packed with two weeks' worth of detailed Lesson Plans that make teaching dance in schools as easy as can be!

These lesson plans include detailed steps to learn 15 different line and circle dances, while also getting students to use their creativity to design and perform their own unique line dance. This unit plan is perfect for grades 6 - 12.

Why This Line Dance Unit Plan?

With this guide, you will be provided with step-by-step and in-depth lesson plans to help you feel confident and ready to teach a two-week circle & line dance unit. Video demonstrations are included for all dances to help you teach the dances to your students.

Each lesson includes the general and specific standards that will be completed each day. With classic and modern line dances, students will be engaged while working to improve their fitness and develop their self-confidence!

What's Included?

• 10 Hour-long detailed and specific lesson plans that are ready to go from printer to gym. Each activity requires very little set-up and preparation, so students spend their time playing, not waiting.
  • 15 Traditional and Modern Line & Circle Dances: Cotton Eye Joe, Slap Leather, Miami Hustle, Texas Slide, Boot Scootin' Boogie, Hula Hoop, Cha Cha Slide, You Can Tell the World, Macarena, Flowers, Patty Cake Polka, Teton Mountain Stomp, Jiffy Mixer, Cshebogar, and Mayim Mayim

• Warm-ups: Each class starts with a review of the line dances the students learned in the previous lesson to get their minds and bodies ready to dance
• Learning Activities: Each day includes 2 new line dances and 1 circle dance. The lessons include step-by-step instructions to complete each dance. They also have cues that you can call to your students to help them stay on track with the dances
• Teacher Implementation Guide: This guide gives you suggestions on how to teach your line dance unit. It also includes links to a music playlist, song request form, and helpful videos
• Create-a-Line Dance Group Project: After students have learned 15 different dances, they get the chance to create their own unique line dances to present to the class
  • Welcome instructions for the students
  • Criteria for what the groups need to include
  • Scaffolded project so students always know what to do
  • Rubric to make assessment as easy as possible!

• Posters: Large, high-quality PDF posters that are perfect for your bulletin board. These posters include "Etiquette" and "Expectations"
• Video Demonstrations: Video demonstrations for every circle and line dance are included with the specific key teaching points highlighted throughout the demos

Dancing is an amazing lifelong physical activity that helps students build their self-confidence. These plans are perfect for you, even if you have no experience teaching line dances before!

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