The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-12 - Ministère de l'éducation ...

THE ARTS, GRADES 9 AND 10 (2010) AND GRADES
11 AND 12 (2010)
See the Preface for important information on the organization of the following material.
The expectations listed here either refer directly to the environment or include examples and/or
prompts that offer opportunities for environmental education. Beyond these particular
expectations, the arts classroom also provides many other occasions for students to develop their
awareness and understanding of, and express their thoughts and feelings about, environmental
issues. Students may choose to create art works inspired by the environment or commenting on
environmental issues, and they may engage critically with such works created by others. They
also have opportunities to demonstrate environmental awareness and responsibility when
creating, presenting, and/or promoting their works.
Dance, Grade 9, Open (ATC1O)
A. Creating, Presenting, and Performing
A2. Choreography and Composition
A2.2 construct a short dance composition based on a given stimulus (e.g., … use a process or
form observed in nature as the basis for a short dance composition; create a short dance
based on images from nature in Aboriginal art)
A2.3 use experimentation to enhance the communicative power of their dance compositions …
Teacher prompts: … “What are some familiar movements we associate with different
animals? How might you experiment with other types of movements for communicating
new or different ideas about the animals?”
B. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing
B2. Dance and Society
B2.4 explain how dance can contribute to a sense of community (e.g., a dance performance
can help draw attention to or raise funds for a social or environmental cause in the
school or local community)
Teacher prompt: “The school is having an assembly to celebrate Earth Day. What could
our dance class do to help highlight the significance of this event?”
C. Foundations
C2. Context and Influences
C2.2 identify and describe ways in which choreographers and performers use or have used
dance to address social and environmental issues (e.g., identify issues raised in Danny
Grossman’s 1981 work Endangered Species and discuss their relevance to society today;
describe how Isabel Croxatto’s Revolution of the Butterflies highlights the urgent need to
protect and restore the environment)
6 Environmental Education, Grades 9−12: Scope and Sequence of Expectations, 2011