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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy

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Old English and American Country Dancing : CANCELLED          

Instructor: Rebecca Dubs       269-340-2845        dubsr01@gmail.com
Day/Time: Wednesday 5:30 - 6:45pm             Starts September 6th  – Ends December 22nd (will not meet on Nov 22, and Dec 20)
Grades: 5+
Location: Five Pine Ministries  6597 Smith Road, Berrien Center, MI  49102

Additional registration at location is required.

Course Description:
This class is an appreciation of social dancing as it relates to history. Throughout the course, students will get to experience various forms of social line dancing as early as 1650s up to the 21st century and their history, from the court dances of the renaissance era such as Gathering Peascods or Mr. Beveridge’s Maggot (seen in Pride and Prejudice BBC 1994), to the dances of the Revolutionary War like The Shrewsbury Lasses, through the Civil War Era with Soldier’s Joy, ending with the line dances of today such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller. (Videos for reference can be found at the end of the syllabus.)

Course Materials
  • Tennis Shoes
  • Students may need to purchase or provide their own costume pieces, depending on supplies. (Costumes for reference can be found at the end of the syllabus.)
  • Water bottles

Class Run Time:
The course is 16 weeks long from September 6, 2017 – December 22, 2017** with 15 classes. The final class will be a performance and participation ball for the students’ friends and family on December 22, 2017 at 7 pm. The students will be expected to arrive at 5:30 pm to review the dances before their performance at 7 pm. **NOTE** DUE TO THANKSGIVING AND THE FINAL PERFORMANCE, NO CLASS WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 22, 2017 OR DECEMBER 20, 2017. Course schedule can be found at the end of the syllabus.

Field Trip Information:
The class includes two field trips. The first field trip is to Dollinger’s Farm Reenactment on October 7, 2017 at 7420 E Hansel Rd, Channahon, IL, 60410. The second field trip is to the Joyeux Noel Reenactment - A French Christmas in the Old Historic Fort Wayne on November 25, 2017 at 1201 Spy Run Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. The students will be required to attend ONE of these two reenactments, and will need to let the instructor know by the 2nd week of class which one they are attending, as the field trips are 25% of their grade. If there are extenuating circumstances, the teacher must be notified ASAP so arrangements can be made. If they go to both reenactments, they will receive one attendance grade credit if the need arises. 


Please read and fill out both the syllabus and  the emergency release forms below.

*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
 
Syllabus
Emergency Release

​Teacher of Record: Sara Smothers