Tinikling / Video Reflection Assignment

What is Tinikling?

 View Video: Tinikling

 Please complete worksheet on next page and bring it to our next class

Why Tinikling? Learning Targets

 Utilizes coordination, skill, and • Students will be able to describe the characteristics of a folk agility dance.

 Builds cardiovascular and muscle • Students will be able to explain history and legend surrounding the dance. endurance • Students will perform a tinikling routine to music  Great cooperative activity • Students will be able to discuss the history of this country as well as the country’s geography and languages

• Students will learn how to pole bang safely to create the rhythm for the dance

Instructional Videos for the Unit Creative Tinikling Videos

The following are videos on how to perform • Kobe Bryant Tinikling in Manila 1988 each of the 5 steps that you will be • Michael Jackson – They Don’t Really Care responsible for learning in the unit. Click on About Us the step and practice, practice, practice. • Tinikling Dance  pole banging  step 1- side to side  step 2 - diagonal step  step 3- travel step  step 4- jump, hop, step  step 5 - forward and back  Written instructions for each step

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Tinikling / Video Reflection Assignment

Learning Target: I can define a folk dance and describe how the history of Tinikling makes it a folk dance. 1. In your own words, using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_dance , list the characteristics that make a dance a Folk Dance (this needs to be in complete sentences).

2. Now that you know the characteristics of a Folk Dance, using a short paragraph (2-‐3 sentences), describe what makes Tinikling a folk dance. Use this site as a reference, http://www.ehow.com/facts_5120909_history- ‐ tinikling- ‐dance.html .

3. Every culture seems to have its version of a Folk Dance. What is the name of a Folk Dance from your culture?

Learning Target: I know the key aspects of pole banging safety (Questions 4 & 5)

4. Based on the Tinikling video on pole banging, what will you do to keep yourself safe?

5. What will you do to keep your partners safe when dancing?