Rise up with Syncopated Ladies Music by Andra Day INTRODUCTION
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Rise Up with Syncopated Ladies Music by Andra Day INTRODUCTION The following video, Rise Up, is inspired by Andra Day’s song of the same name. The Ladies were inspired to create a dance that focused on Women’s Rights and getting all people out to vote. Interspersed throughout the song are inspiring quotes from various strong female voices. Through movement, the tap dance you will see the Ladies perform illustrates the words and feelings of the song. The dancers in this video are Chloe Arnold, Maud Arnold, Anissa Lee, Assata Madison, and Orialis Ashley. See here where Chloe and Maud explain their inspirations and creative process for this video: https://youtu.be/4Kv_OsGdBSM Watch their performance here: https://youtu.be/Q05mGqiobl0 The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees all American women the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920. FirstWorks celebrates the 101st anniversary of the Amendment with an Instagram Live performance workshop by the Syncopated Ladies: Thursday, June 4, 1:00pm https://www.instagram.com/firstworksri/ SUPPLY LIST: 1. Tap shoes or sneakers if you do not have tap shoes 2. Portable tap floor, or, a hard floor surface such as linoleum. Try to avoid asphalt and concrete so that you do not put too much pressure on your knees and ankles. 3. Water bottle filled with water to stay hydrated 4. Small towel to wipe your face 5. Eagerness to learn and have fun! 6. Your Smile Whether you actively participate, or simply watch, we guarantee a moving and inspiring experience! BIOGRAPHY Syncopated Ladies is a Female Tap Dance Band widely known for their viral videos and founded by Emmy Nominated Choreographer, Chloe Arnold. Chloe was discovered at a young age in Washington, DC by Debbie Allen, and her choreography has been featured on hit television shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, Good Morning America, The Ellen Show, The Talk, and over 30 episodes of The Late Late Show with James Corden. As part of the FirstWorks Raise Your Voice initiative, the Ladies performed at PVDFest 2019 and conducted a tap dance assembly for students at the Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School in Providence. NOTE TO EDUCATORS: FirstWorks Education will make every effort to connect appropriate supporting curricula to the arts presentations provided. However, your professional expertise, rapport with your students, and knowledge of their capabilities will make these lessons resonate. We welcome your feedback: Did you use the lessons? How did it go? Did you not use them? If not, why? Or, did you vary them? Please let us know. We are here to help. We’d also be delighted to see any resulting creations! Please contact Kathleen McAreavey, Education & Community Outreach Manager at: [email protected] FIRST-WORKS.ORG ACADEMICS/STANDARDS - Grades 1 - 12 Dance, PhysEd/Cognitive Skills, History, English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Visual Arts, Music Composition, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) STANDARDS: History HP 1 - 1a – d: Students act as historians, using a variety of tools (e.g., artifacts and primary and secondary sources) by: a. formulating historical questions, obtaining, analyzing, evaluating historical primary and secondary print and non-print sources; b. explaining how historical facts and historical interpretations may be different, but are related; c. identifying, describing, or analyzing multiple perspectives on an historical trend or event; d. using technological tools in historical research. HP3: Analyze how a historical development has contributed to current social, economic, or political patterns. - Synthesize information to convey how the past frames the present and make personal connections in an historical context. HP5: Critique the role and contribution of various cultural elements in creating diversity in a society. G2: Apply geographical concepts, skills, and tools to examine the human-made and physical characteristics of places to interpret the past, address the present, and plan for the future. C & G – 1-2: Analyze how actions of a government affect relationships between individuals, society, and the government. C & G – 3-1: Evaluate and defend positions regarding personal and civic responsibilities of individuals, using provisions in seminal documents English Language Arts (ELA) Reading Informational Text: RI.8-9-10: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid, and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. RI.1 – 11-12: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. RI.2 – 11-12: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. RI.8-11-12: Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy. FIRST-WORKS.ORG Writing: W.9b – 9-10: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research to literary nonfiction. W.9b – 11-12: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research to literary non-fiction. Language: L.2 – 9-10a-c: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. L.1-11-12a-b: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Apply the understanding that usage is a matter of convention, can change over time, and is sometimes contested. b. Resolve issues of complex or contested usage, consulting reference as needed. L.2-11-12a-b: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Math 1.MD2: Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a short- er object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. 2.NBT9: Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of opera- tions. (Explanations may be supported by drawings or objects.) 2.MD1: Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. 2.G1: Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. (Sizes are compared directly or visually, not compared by measuring.) 3.NF2: Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. 3.MD5a: Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. 3.G1: Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes, and that the shared attributes can define a larger category. 4.G1: Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures. 5.G3: Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcat- egories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles. 5.G4: Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties. 6.G1: Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems. 7.G6: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms. FIRST-WORKS.ORG BIOGRAPHIES Andra Day, born Cassandra Monique Batie, is a singer, songwriter and actress. Growing up in San Diego, she began singing at her church and also started dance lessons at age 5; subsequently graduating from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. She has performed with Stevie Wonder, who is credited with “discovering” her. Her debut album, Cheers to the Fall, was released in 2015 with a tour the following year. The album peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200 chart. At the 2016 Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best R&B Album and the album›s main single, Rise Up, was nominated for Best R&B Performance. Its power as a freedom song recalls those embraced during the Civil Rights Movement. She performed the song at the White House in 2015 and at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Day has also performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in both 2017 and 2018. A social activist, she sang on the Academy Award nominated song Stand Up For Something with Common and opened the 2018 March For Our Lives rally by singing with the Baltimore Children’s Choir. Day has said that the song was never written as an anthem, even though it has been embraced widely by activist communities. She explained its meaning by stating, “’Rise Up’ is saying one piece isn’t better than the other—when this part is struggling, I’m gonna help you. ‘Rise Up’ is telling you we are all equal.” National Tap Dance Day falls on May 25th every year and is a celebration of tap dance as an American art form. The idea of National Tap Dance Day was first presented to U.S.