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A CALA A
LEARNING AREA : Physical Education and Arts
LEVEL : Grade 7
SYLLABUS TOPIC : History Of Arts and Culture Syllabus page 68
SUB TOPIC : Dances in Southern Africa Syllabus page 68
CALA TITLE : Cultural Dances [Indigenous] in Zimbabwe
COMPETENCE SKILLS : Collecting, performing, data collection
BACKGROUND
It has been observed that learners lack appreciation and dancing skills for the indigenous dances
in Zimbabwe. This has resulted in cultural alienation.
This CALA has two parts. Part A and Part B
Part A
 Gather data on dances in Zimbabwe
 Choose a dance of your choice
 collect costumes and instruments used in a specific dance
Part B
 Perform the dance before the class
 Produce a write up on findings
How you will be assessed
You are going to be assessed on
# identify indigenous dances and choose a dance of your choice
# collecting costumes and instruments for the chosen dance
# performing the dance
# producing a write up
CALA Tips
Choose the dance of your choice
Try to improvise props to use on your dance
Make use of elder guardians to gather information
Use the internet to gather more information
 Write props, attire and history of dance

TEACHER’S GUIDE
LEARNING AREA : Physical Education and Arts
LEVEL : GRADE 7
CALA TYPE : Dance
CALA TITLE : Cultural Dances (Indigenous) in Zimbabwe
TOPIC : History of Arts and Culture Syllabus Pg 68
COMPETENCES : performing, collecting and data collection
CRITERIA TO BE USED : collecting costumes and instruments for chosen dance
- performing g the dance
- Writing a write up on findings
OBJECTIVES

Learners should :-
- Collect costumes and instruments for a chosen dance
- Perform the dance sequence
- Produce a write up on the indigenous dance of their choice

CALA CONTEXT (BACKGROUND)

It has been observed that learners lack appreciation and dance skills for the indigenous dances in
Zimbabwe. This has resulted in cultural alienation.
LEARNER GUIDE
LEARNING AREA : Physical Education and Arts
LEVEL : GRADE 7
CALA TYPE : Dance
CALA TITLE : Cultural Dance (Indigenous) in Zimbabwe
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CALA CONTEXT (BACKGROUND)
It has been observed that learners lack appreciation and dance skills for the indigenous dances in
Zimbabwe. This has resulted in cultural alienation.
CALA DESCRIPTION
Collect data on the history of a particular dance in Zimbabwe and perform the dance sequence.
- You will work in groups
- Gather data, costumes and instruments
- Produce a write up of the chosen dance outlining the name of the
dance, origin, costumes worn, instruments used, music,purpose of the
dance and how it influences the community
- Lastly carry out the performance
HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED

You are going to be assessed in:-

- Collecting costumes and instruments for the chosen dance (10)
- Performing the dance (20)
- Producing a write up on your findings (20)
THIS CALA IS BEING MARKED OUT OF 50

CALA TIPS
- Try to improvise instruments and costumes
- Make use of elders in the community to gather information
try to find a resource person to demonstrate the dances
- Use the internet to gather more information on the dance
- Write props, attire, history of dance

4 ASSESSEMENT PROCEDURES
LEARNING AREA : Physical Education and Arts
LEVEL : GRADE 7
TITLE : Cultural Dance (Indigenous) in Zimbabwe
TOTAL MARK : 50
DIMENSION/ EXCELLENT MARK GOOD MARK SATISFAC MARK UNSATISFACTOR M
A
CRITERIA TORY Y R
K

Collecting 9-10 marks 7-8 marks 5-6 marks 0-4 marks

costumes and Excellent Good props Satisfactory No props used
instruments for props used used props used
chosen dance
(10)

Dancing skills 18-20 marks 14-17 marks 10-13 marks 0-9 marks
Performing the Excellent Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
dance performance Good performance performance
(20) performance
Research skills 18-20 marks 14-17 marks 10-13 marks 0-9 marks
(write up) Excellent write Satisfactory Unsatisfactory or no
(20) up Good write write up write up
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