Maypole Mania! How to build and dance the Maypole

Have you ever wanted to do maypole dancing with your class? Wondered why people even do maypole dancing in the first place? If so, Maypole Mania is for you. This resource is perfect for helping your students to understand and do the choreography around May Day, and to help get your students moving to music in an interactive way.

This comprehensive unit is all about maypole dancing. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint presentations with dance animation will provide you everything you will need to teach a fun, engaging unit on maypole dancing. Perfect for a field day or any kind of group activity event.

This resource includes: instructions on how to build your own maypole - easily built in a weekend; detailed lesson plans for maypole dancing; the history of maypole dancing; the history of May Day; dance steps and tips to teach the dances, and an engaging Powerpoint presentation that will help you teach your students about the history of the maypole along with animated slides to demonstrate the dance steps. Dances that are covered include: Basic Circle; Concentric Circle; Basic Weave; Gypsy's Tent; Barber's Pole; Spider Web and Jacob's Ladder.