Lesson 3: Regalia & Dance

Links to all videos and stories can be found in the Lesson 3 PowerPoint.

Materials to Download

 

Jingle Dress

Discuss: What do you see? Discussion about a Jingle Dress.

Read Aloud: Jingle Dancer, by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek Nation).

Watch: CBC Kids Jingle Dancer (2:22).

Let's Move!

 

Have students try Jingle Dress Steps.

Jingle Dress Steps with Stylehorse Collective (3:02)

Fancy Dancers

 

Discuss: What do you see? Discussion about a Fancy Dancer.

Watch: CBC Kids How to Fancy Dance for Kids (2:26).

Let's Move!

 

Have Students try Men’s Fancy Steps.

Men’s Fancy Steps with Stylehorse Collective (1:59)

Grass Dancers

Discuss: What do you see? Discussion about a Grass Dancer.

Watch: CBC Kids Cottonball Meets Dreyden a Powwow Grass Dancer (1:51)

Let's Move!

 

 

Have students try Grass Dance Steps.

Grass Dance Steps with Stylehorse Collective (3:02)

Lesson Closure

Closing Video: PBS Native American Men and Women Dances and Regalia (6:37)