SHS1 Physical Education Health Core · Semester 1 Week 5: Traditional Dances

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.2 - Perform a traditional dance as physical and recreational activities for improving skill and health-related fitness (e.g. Agbadza).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate at least two distinct steps of the Agbadza dance in sequence with basic coordination.
Perform a complete short routine of Agbadza incorporating three or more steps in rhythm with drumming.
Identify and orally state which components of skill-related fitness (e.g. coordination, balance, rhythm) are being improved while dancing Agbadza.
Identify and orally state which components of health-related fitness (e.g. cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance) are being improved while dancing Agbadza.
Collaborate respectfully in mixed-gender, mixed-ability groups to practise and present the dance, showing inclusion and mutual support.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity and Health (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Traditional Dances (1.2)
Content standard: 1.1.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate the understanding of traditional dances as physical and recreational activity to improve skill and health related fitness. 1.1.2.LO.1 Explain traditional dance as physical and recreational activity
Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.2 - Perform a traditional dance as physical and recreational activities for improving skill and health-related fitness (e.g. Agbadza).
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 5 (Week 5 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 28

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning: Show a video to the whole class of the dance to be learned. Take learners through the steps involved in the dance and aid them in their various groups to practice the dance following the steps.

Assessment (1.1.2.AS.2): Level 1: Perform the dance with at least two steps involved. Level 3: Perform the dance with three steps involved in performing it. Level 3: Orally narrate the background to the dance and perform the dance with all steps involved in performing it

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Online resources
- Phones/laptops
- Projectors
- Drums
- Castanet
- Clappers
- Costumes for the various traditional dances
- Dance rooms or studio
- Sound system and speakers.
- Any other equipment found in the community fit for purpose.