Senior High School

Health Optimizing Physical

Education
Quarter 3 – Module 7:
DANCE: Addressess Health
Issues and Concern
HOPE – Senior High School
Quarter 3 – Module 7: DANCE: Addresses Health Issues and Concern

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 Senior High School

Health Optimizing Physical

Education
Quarter 3 – Module 7:
DANCE: Addresses Health Issues
and Concern
 Lesson
Dance: Addresses Health
7 Issues and Concern

As you listen to our lessons for today, you will understand some of the
health issues and concern related to dance. We all know that dance is
considered as the oldest form of exercise. In the last module, you learned
about the proper etiquette and safety in the used of facilities and equipment.

Introductory Message
A module is a type of learning resource that is essentially self-
contained, self- instructional package with learning paced by the student
according to his or her individual needs and ability (Ali, et.al,2010). It
requires the learners to interact actively with the instructional materials
rather than simply allowing them to read the materials passively (Dick and
Carrey, 1990).

For the facilitator:

This module adheres to the learning competencies of the K-12

Curriculum. This module helps the learners understand how dance address
health issues and concerns. This module is a useful learning material that
provides the learning objectives, pretest, lesson proper, enrichment
activities, generalization, application, assessment and additional activities.

For the learner:

This module is created to give meaningful learning of the dance

through clear and comprehensive discussions. Through the lesson, you will
learn the how dance addresses health issues and concerns, identify the
holistic benefits of the dance and how to make a fitness program plan.

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 What I Need to Know
This module was designed to help you understand the safety protocol
during MVPA participation. This module provides discussions and activities that
will help you learn and discover how to prevent injuries and manage risk in
engaging to physical activities.

Hello, Learner. At the end

of your quest, you’ll be able to:

 identify the specific benefits of dance

 create fitness program plan for a week
 appreciate Zumba dance involving the community or
family member.

What I Know
Hello, Learner. Before we
proceed to your new quest, let’s
test if you are already prepared to
go! Write what you know about
the following terms.

Term Meaning
1. Dance

2. Zumba

3. Mental

4. Social

5. Cultural

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 What’s New

ACTIVITY 1

Say something about the quotation by Martha Graham, an American

modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped
American dance and still taught worldwide.

In your activity notebook, write in a paragraph form the idea of Martha

Graham quote.

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 What is It?
Hello, Learner. You have
already an insight about your
next topic. Now, let us answer
these questions.

a. What is life without dance?

b. How important dance in our daily lives?

Dancing is one of the oldest and most popular form of exercise. Several
forms of dancing are considered aerobic since they entail about an hour of
continuous exercises, choreographed to music (Fine, 1981) According to Polly de
Mille, an exercise Psychologist at the Women’s Sports Medicine Center in New York,
the health benefits gained through dancing are similar to other forms of activities
that involve sustained effort in the target zone.
SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF DANCE
PHYSICAL

 Develops cardiovascular and muscular endurance

 Improves coordination, balance, flexibility and body
composition
 Lower risk of cardiovascular diseases
 Lowers body mass index
 Lowers resting heart rate
 Improves lipid metabolism
 Enable joint mobility (hip motion and spine
flexibility)
 Helps improve and maintain bone density, thus
helps prevent osteoporosis.
 Helps recover coordination and neuromuscular
skills after injury

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL

 Helps keep the brain sharp

 Decrease incidence of Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
 Decreases depressive symptoms
 Increase self-esteem and improves body image

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  Aids in releasing emotional and physical tension

SOCIAL

 Gives sense of togetherness within a

group
 Encourage positive social interaction
and interpersonal relationship in a
group
 Contributes to the individual’s
potential for self-actualization in
society

CULTURAL

 Promotes cultural value

What’s More
Hello, Learner. To become
physically fit, you need to make
plan. Make your own Personal
Fitness Program.

Activity 2: My Personal Fitness Program Plan

Your task is to create a fitness plan for one-week involving dance as part
of the activity. You will use the format below to better help you in designing your
fitness program. Plan your activities according to your own needs. Include warm-up
and cool-down activities.
Name: ______________________ Year and Section: _________________
Weekly Exercise Plan: Date: ________________________ to ________________________
(Month, Day) (Month, Day)
My Fitness Goals: (list your specific and general goals)
Example:
General Goals:

 Developing a more positive attitude about myself.

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 Specific Goals:

 Improving upper body muscular strength and endurance rating from

fair to good.

Days Activities Time Durations

Monday Example:
Warm-up 7:30 a.m. 5 min.
Jogging 7:35 a.m. 20 min.
Zumba 8:00 a.m. 10 min.
Cool-down 8:15 a.m. 5 min.
Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Activity 3: Performing My Fitness Program Plan

Based on the individual fitness program you developed in this lesson, choose
a day from your individual program that includes enough activities. On the
appropriate record sheet, write down those activities you performed.
Fitness Program Plan Record Sheet
Name: ___________________________________ Date & Time: _____________________
Grade and Section: ________________________

Days of the Week Activities Performed Remarks

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 In your personal assessment, how will you rate your fitness program plan?
Copy the table below your Fitness Program Plan Record Sheet and check the
appropriate column.

Criteria Yes No
1. My fitness goals are clear and achievable
2. My fitness program plan involves dance activity
3. My fitness program plan follows the necessary
fitness training principles.
4. My fitness program plan is well-written,
organized and follows the right format.
5. My fitness program plan shows varied physical
activities that will truly develop my body.
6. My fitness program plan shows a monitoring
tool to track my progress and improvement.

What I Have Learned

Hello, Learner. Before we proceed to

your new quest, let’s test if you already
mastered the topic. You already performed
your fitness program plan. Give at least two
benefits of dance based on the following:

Physical
1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________

Emotional
1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________

Mental
1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________

Social
1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________

Cultural
1. ______________________________________________________________

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 2. ______________________________________________________________

What I Can Do
Hello, Learner. You already
learned the benefits of dance in
our lives. Now it’s time for you to
give your best in promoting a
healthy lifestyle through Zumba.

Let’s have Zumba!

1. Choreograph your own steps.

2. Choose a lively music.
3. Involve your family member or the
community in Zumba
4. Take a video of your dance
5. Submit it to your teacher.

Criteria:

Choreography 25 %
Originality 20 %
Synchronicity 20 %
Creativity 25 %
Community/Family Involvement 10 %

100 %

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 Assessment

Below are the benefits of dance. In your answer sheet, write P for Physical, M
for Mental, E for Emotional, S for Social and C for Cultural aspect if the statements
below belong to the aspect given.

______________1. Helps keep the brain sharp.

______________2. Lower risk of cardiovascular disease

______________3. Promotes cultural values.

______________4. Enables joint mobility

______________5. Increase self-esteem and improves body image.

______________6. Gives sense of togetherness within a group

______________7. Improves coordination, balance, flexibility and body composition.

______________8. Contributes to the individual’s potential for self-actualization in

society.

______________9. Help improves and maintain bone density.

______________10. Decrease depressive symptoms.

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 Additional Activities

Draw one thing that symbolizes what you wanted to become someday. Write
a slogan about dance inside. You can make a slogan in your own dialect.

Example:

Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Grade & Section: _________________ Date: ____________________

I wanted to become a Teacher

“Practice like you’ve

Never won.
Perform like you’ve
Never lost.”

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Answer Key

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 What I Know
Assessment
1. Form of Exercise
1. M
It’s an Art
2. P
A Rhythmical movement of the
3. C
body
4. P
2. Combination of social dance &
5. E
exercise
6. S
3. Refers to the ability of the mind
7. P
4. Refers to how you interact with a
8. S
group of people
9. P
5. Relating to the ideas, customs
10. E
and social behavior of a society

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 References

Books:
 Darilag, Agripino G. et. al. Enjoy life with PE and Health textbook.
Quezon City: SD publications, Inc; 2009

 Aparato, Conrado R. et. al. Physical Education and Health Volume

II.Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc; 2017

Webpage:
Photo Reference

 https://www.kindpng.com/imgv/hooTmm_silhouette-png-download-
people-dancing-silhouette-png-transparent/
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Graham
 https://www.azquotes.com/quote/811027
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Graham
 https://www.pinterest.com

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