2017-060-E Arts - McDougle Elementary School PTA - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: E2E21521-71A5-4711-A40C-EC691AF3B3A7 Arts in Education Grant Application—Fall 2016 McDougle Elementary School PTA Proposed Uses of Grant Funds We are seeking matching funds to pay artists'fees for the following performance, which will be held on school premises in February 2017. North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble Audience: All grades, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (— 500 students representing MES diversity) Show length: 50 minutes Show date: February 15, 2017 Study Areas: Dance, Music, Social Studies North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE) is one of the leading youth tap ensembles in the world. They tour the world sharing their unique mix of cutting edged contemporary choreography and traditional rhythm tap spiced with singing, pencil drumming, beat boxing, body percussion and even Taiko drumming. They offer a non-stop percussive dance review peppered with stories, history, and facts about the forms presented. The performance includes pieces ranging historically and geographically from traditional rhythm tap, South African Gumboot, French Canadian Waltz Clog, Irish Step Dance, a Tribute to Vaudeville throwing in a few unique twists from NCYTE including song, body percussion, pencil drumming and even Taiko drumming! Students will be learning about dance from professional level dancers from 8 years to 18 years. Study Area Curriculum Standard K-5.R.1 Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance Dance K-5.C.1 Understand cultural,historical and interdisciplinary connections with dance Music K-5.MR.1 Understand the interacting elements to respond to music and music performances. K-5 CR.1 Understand global,interdisciplinary,and 21St century connections with music. K.G.1. Use geographic representation and terms to describe surroundings. 1.G.2. Understand how humans and the environment interact within the local community. 2.C.1. Understand how various cultures influence communities. Social Studies 3.H.2. Use historical thinking skills to understand the context of events, people and places. 4.C.1. Understand the impact of various cultural groups on North Carolina. 5.C.1 Understand how increased diversity resulted from migration,settlement patterns and economic development in the United States. Integrating Cultural Arts into the Curriculum The PTA Cultural Arts program works in concert with the school's art education curriculum, as well as with the teachers who incorporate the performances into the grade-level curriculum specified in the NC Essential Standards and the Common Core, particularly focusing on the Arts Education component. The Origami Tales and Hear the Sound artists provide instructional materials to correspond with their performances, which are distributed to MES teachers. Each teacher is responsible for integrating these materials and lessons from the performances with the curriculum in each classroom. These linkages most often take place on a grade-wide level, with teacher teams in each grade using the same lesson in their classrooms. These lessons are also reinforced during relevant `specials' classes (e.g., art, music, library).