Crafts Lesson Plans

Learners identify and define the term material culture as refering to a vast array of objects and activities that people make and do traditionally. They identify diverse crafts and decorative arts that are made and practiced indoors and outdoors throughout the seasonal round all across the state, Students also identify traditional Louisiana crafts of the past and present through research.

Learners examine the North Carolina craft revival. In this economics instructional activity, students explore the historical challenges that face North Carolinians in the early 1900's and research primary sources to determine how the craft revival came to be. As a culminating activity, learners design visual webs that feature their research findings.

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Historic Communities Colonial Crafts. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.

Students dicsover how to change their hobbies into job opportunities. In this Craft Revival lesson, students research Craft Revival work conditions and write journal entries that reflect their research findings. 

Students examine the concept of craft and, by creating blueprints for various craft objects, explore the advantages and disadvantages of craft in our modern world.

Students assign a number to a group of objects. In this number sense lesson, students count craft sticks and name how many they have. Students complete simple addition with the use of manipulatives.

Students use the Internet to view craft ideas for them to make. They can create jewelry, paper mache, or a recipe.

Students access a variety of Halloween themed websites. They locate information on crafts, games and activities relating to Halloween. They complete world problems, write poetry and test reading comprehension.

Students create a Christmas Tree Craft. In this craft lesson, students trace and cut out their hand prints (or have a teacher do this part). They glue the hand prints together to make a tree and the students decorate it as they wish. 

Students compare and contrast the craft guilds of the middle ages to the production of goods today. In this Middle Ages lesson, students discuss the structure of craft guilds after they have read articles on the topic. Students conduct research about the London guilds of their choosing and share their findings. Students compare guilds of the Middle Ages to the brands of today.