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Designed for Grades 4–5, this interactive program explores hip hop as a powerful American cultural movement shaped by music, dance, visual art, fashion, and community storytelling. Through age-ap... Read more

Designed for Grades 4–5, this interactive program explores hip hop as a powerful American cultural movement shaped by music, dance, visual art, fashion, and community storytelling.

Through age-appropriate oral history, live performance, close observation, and guided movement, students explore dance styles such as breaking, popping, locking, krump, and hip hop freestyle. Teaching artists from 860 MVMNT demonstrate foundational movements and help students connect dance with historical context, artistic expression, and cultural change.

Students build background knowledge, strengthen listening and speaking skills, develop movement-based vocabulary, and reflect on how dance can communicate ideas and preserve cultural history. The program also encourages creativity, collaboration, confidence, and healthy physical activity in a positive and inclusive environment.

The experience complements Wit & Wisdom’s knowledge-building approach by integrating history, the arts, oral texts, thoughtful questioning, observation, discussion, and evidence-based reflection.

1. Students will explore where hip hop began and how it grew into an important part of American culture. 2. Students will watch and identify styles such as breaking, popping, locking, krump, an... Read more

1. Students will explore where hip hop began and how it grew into an important part of American culture.

2. Students will watch and identify styles such as breaking, popping, locking, krump, and freestyle.

3. Students will learn and try foundational movements while discovering how dance can tell stories, build community, and encourage self-expression.