Pre-K/ Kindergarten
1st Semester Key Theme: Identifying Emotions
2nd Semester Key Theme: Emotional Awareness
1st Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Communicating our Emotions
2nd Semester Key Theme: Listening to and Respecting Others
2nd Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Empathy and Cooperation
2nd Semester Key Theme: Exploring Diversity
3rd Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Integrating Diverse Perspectives
2nd Semester Key Theme: Communicating through Different forms of Dialogue
4th Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Appreciating Diversity
2nd Semester Key Theme: Controlling Impulses and Resisting Negative Social Pressure
5th Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Understanding and Managing Anger
2nd Semester Key Theme: Exploring Conflict Resolution
6th Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Understanding Ethical Behavior
2nd Semester Key Theme: Expressing Emotions and Managing Stress
7th Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Working Toward a Goal
2nd Semester Key Theme: Appreciating Diversity and Recognizing Personal Strength
8th Grade
1st Semester Key Theme: Managing Emotions, Stress, and Conflicts
2nd Semester Key Theme: Civic Engagement and Responsible Citizenship
9th - 12th Grades
High school students serve as Junior PeaceMovers, attending each session and shadowing lead PeaceMovers. Additionally, PeaceMovers develop a mentor-mentee relationship with Junior PeaceMovers throughout a given semester. Junior PeaceMovers have great opportunity for leadership; they teach back lessons learned and curriculum goals and objectives in a progressive, pipeline way, making them forever a part of the Dance 4 Peace global network. Students who participate in the Junior PeaceMover program become Lead PeaceMovers while in college and beyond.
Curriculum Themes
“I love being able to move, learn new dance steps, and come up with my own original dances. I also like how Dance 4 Peace taught us ways we could help the youth of Haiti, and through our dance we showed our support for the other kids less fortunate.”
