Music Man, Dance and Eats

Day 4

Goals:

1. Students learn about the importance of Caribbean music and its origins from a primary source (guest speaker).

2. Students are exposed to actual dancing techniques used in Caribbean style dance.

3. Students gain first hand exposure to Caribbean food preparation and eating Caribbean style.

Time:

1 and one half hours

Resources/Materials:

guest speaker, CD/cassette player, VCR/TV, gymnasium, cooking equipment and ingredients for Alloo Pie

Procedure:

1. Have a guest speaker come in and talk to the class about Caribbean music, where it comes from, and what it represents. The goal here is to have an authentic source of knowledge for Caribbean style music and dancing. 30 minutes.

2. Bring the students to the gymnasium and have the speaker show them a few of the steps for certain types of music such as the Punta. Here, it would be good to also show a video tape of various dances. Play some music so the students can see how it is done. Have the students get with partners to try to do some of the moves themselves. 20-30 minutes.

3. For the last part of class, have the students (or a select few) try preparing a Caribbean dish called Alloo Pie for the rest of the class to try. Here, the instructor can rotate the dancing and cooking to make the most of the allowed time slot. 20-30 minutes.

4. Give students copies of the recipe (as well as other recipes) to take home and try to make with their family or friends. This is tasting the Caribbean culture.

Assessment:

Assess the students in this lesson on how involved they were with the activities that they were to engage in. This lesson is intended as an exploratory lesson. Cooperation is necessary for it to be a successful lesson.

Rubric:

4 The student facilitates the group's learning of the dancing and cooking and makes modifications necessary in the group process.

3 The student helps identify changes or modifications that are necessary in the group process of cooking and dancing.

2 The student needs prompting to get involved with the group and to identify to the group activity.

1 The student does not attempt to get involved or do necessary things for the group process to proceed.

Curricular Strands:

Social Studies - culture with dance and food

Physical Education - dancing

Art - dancing and food preparation

Self-Discovery - cooking

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