AC9ADA4E01
Years 3 to 4
The Arts
AC9ADA4E01 | Years 3 to 4 Dance: Dance
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor explore where, why and how dance is choreographed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts
Strand
Exploring and responding
Substrand
Dance
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Dance. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration identifying meaning and describing purposes that dance can be created for; for example, exploring dances from a range of cultures from their local community and/or neighbouring countries, such as countries in Asia, that are performed for celebrations or narrative dances that share stories
- • Elaboration learning dances created for different purposes such as entertainment; for example, dances from a range of cultures, times or places that are/have been a dance craze or are a dance that “everyone” knows
- • Elaboration using Viewpoints to ask questions about dance they are experiencing, such as “Are the movements in this dance similar to movements in dances that you know?”, “Where are these dances performed?”
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- By the end of Year 4, students describe use of the elements of dance in dance they experience, create and/or perform.See it on the standard page →
- They describe where, why and/or how dance is choreographed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts.See it on the standard page →
- By the end of Year 4, students describe use of elements, concepts and/or conventions in arts works they create and/or experience.See it on the standard page →
- They describe where, why and/or how arts works are created and presented across cultures, times, places, and/or other contexts.See it on the standard page →
Read the full Years 3 to 4 Dance achievement standard
Read the full Years 3 to 4 Arts (all subjects) achievement standard