1. Stand at your seat. 2. Watch for 30 seconds. 3. Let your body move however the song makes it want to. 4. Sit. Write ONE sentence: "What did my body want to do?"
I can perform a four-move body-percussion groove – STOMP, PAT, CLAP, SNAP – in unison with the class to a protest song.
Three weeks of music as social commentary – lyrics, video, censorship. Today the body joins the message. Bodies moving in sync to a protest song is itself a protest tradition – from civil-rights marches to step shows to today's stadium chants.
5 forward, 5 back
45 secReach over – left then right
45 secIn 4, hold 2, out 6 with a sigh
45 secClench & release × 10
45 secLead it, follow Mr. Mbagwu, breathe deeply. Your body needs to be ready before we groove.
foot to floor
hand to chest
hands together
fingers
One bar = four beats = four moves: STOMP – PAT – CLAP – SNAP. Echo Mr. Mbagwu. Slow first.
Echo Mr. Mbagwu. STOMP – PAT – CLAP – SNAP. Two cycles. Then four. Lock the order in.
Same pattern, faster. Don’t lose the order. If you trip, find beat 1 (STOMP) and re-enter.
"Glory" tempo. The whole class together for 8 bars. Stop on a clean STOMP on beat 1.
If the room desyncs: FREEZE. Listen. Mr. Mbagwu calls "1 – 2 – 3 – 4 GO" and we re-enter together on STOMP.
Which of the four moves was hardest to land on the right beat? Why?
• STOMP–PAT–CLAP–SNAP, on beats 1–2–3–4
• Through verse 1 + chorus, then verse 2 + chorus
• 3–4 full passes of the pattern
• Raise both arms on the word "GLORY" in the chorus
• Stomp louder on beat 1 of the chorus
• Make eye contact with the room
Where in the song did the room lock in tightest? What in the music made it click?
Move into a circle. Continue STOMP–PAT–CLAP–SNAP at half-tempo under the freedom song.
Going around the circle, EACH scholar says ONE WORD that names what their body felt today. No critique. Next voice. Next.
Name the four moves of today’s body groove in order, beats 1 through 4.
1 pt = all four moves named • 1 pt = correct order (STOMP–PAT–CLAP–SNAP)
When you performed the groove to "Glory," what did your body know that your mind didn’t? Use ONE specific moment from class.
1 pt = specific moment • 1 pt = reasoned claim • 1 pt = ties body to music