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- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students summarize and illustrate the process of painting an ancient Greek vessel, identify the amphora as an example of the black figure style and order the steps and procedures necessary to produce an amphora in the black figure style. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students become familiar with the vocabulary and processes of ceramics. This is a good first lesson for introducing students to what is possible in the creation of ceramic pieces. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the impact of global trade on regional civilizations of the world after 1500. They research and analyze images of pottery excavated at Jamestown, and create a poster that presents information about world trade networks in the 1600's. Full Review »
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- 4th - 11th
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Students investigate the math concept of Pi (specifically, what pi is, the significance and how it is used in the real world). This is a hands on lesson in which the students actively participate with their investigations. The extension includes links and an explanation on how "Pi" is used in the field of archeology and the study of ancient clay pottery. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students write position papers from the point of view of a Shigaraki art collector in this lesson on pottery techniques found in Japan between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students take a field trip to a local woodland to find pieces of clay. Once they are back in the classroom, they dry the clay throughly and turn it in to clay slip. They watch a PowerPoint presentation on basic art terms and create their own woodland pot. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students examine examples of both modern and historic pieces of ceramic work by feeling the texture, looking at the glazework, and determining how each piece was constructed. They view the use of a pottery wheel before throwing a pot which they glaze and fire. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students research and discuss African sculpture in this lesson. They discover the importance of texture. They choose an original subject matter and create a sculpture. They use ceramics and acrylic paints to create their original sculpture. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate Raku pottery. They are taught what wax resist means. Students combine media-crayon and watercolor paint. They draw anything they want. Students color in the design with crayon. They can use any color but black, and they should press hard so the coloring is dark. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students create an original piece of pottery. They produce a repeating pattern on their pottery piece and reproduce their pattern either linguistically or musically. They determine the meaning of various idioms about mud and write an original idiom using the word "mud". Full Review »
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