An American Ballroom Companion includes antidance literature , in addition to the instructional manuals. To find these texts, search on antidance literature . Using these documents as resources, students can debate the pros and cons of dancing within the framework of a historical culture. Also included in the collection are laws governing dance. Search on Dance Ordinances Regulations to find laws governing dance halls and personal conduct.
Students can discuss why artistic expressions have sometimes been restricted by governments.
Students can look at the many ways they communicate with others. In addition, students can reflect on the behaviors they have learned from society without specific instructions, such as how they act on a public bus versus a school bus. Students can practice giving and receiving directions by writing the specific steps for a very simple task, such as making a phone call. They may choose to include diagrams. Using appropriate props, students can read their directions to another student who must follow the directions exactly without the reader straying in any way from the original text.