Dancing into a New Stage of Life 6-Pack

For Indigenous peoples around the world, dance is a vital method of expression. Explore the many styles of dance practiced by Indigenous dancers! This 6-Pack of nonfiction text cards is part of Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts, a collection curated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Each text in this collection builds literacy while engaging eighth grade students in meaningful cultural connections.

Dancing into a New Stage of Life dives into the cultural milestones and traditions that celebrate growing up. This fascinating nonfiction text allows students to see their lives reflected in the materials they are studying, while the accompanying lesson and activities help improve literacy skills.

• Focuses on the theme Rites of Passage
• Challenges students to investigate how they celebrate rites of passage in their culture
• Strengthens content-area literacy and vocabulary by defining unfamiliar words and terms
• Includes discussion questions, a writing prompt, and a creative activity

This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.