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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore how to create a coiled pot using the same techniques as North Carolina Native Americans. To archaeologists, pottery is an important artifact because it can often indicate how old a site is. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students mend broken pottery to explain how archaeologists use the material past to explain the lives of past peoples. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research Native American culture regions and archaeology techniques. In small groups, they decorate a clay pot, break the pots, and repair and analyze the designs on the pottery. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students read and discuss some material about Neerja International, a successful business in India, then construct a role play about how the business began. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students use the Internet to view craft ideas for them to make. They can create jewerly, papier mache or a recipe. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students make and decorate a replica of a North Carolina coiled pot after summarizing why archaeologists study pottery and how Indian people of North Carolina made and used coiled pottery. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students create pottery out of black clay using traditional methods. They demonstrate appropriate Native American cultural traditions related to the making of black pottery, including prayers to Mother Earth and Clay Woman. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students explore the pottery traditions of North Carolina through a progression of investigation and hands on experience. State Standards are addressed during this two to three week lesson on regional pottery techniques. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students explore and study Mexican pottery and its importance to Mexican culture. They look at samples and pictures of ancient and contemporary Mexican pottery with varied designs and patterns and create a basket-weave pot with Crayola Model Magic. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students study ancient Native American traditions and practices. They select one type of Native American pottery to duplicate in a hand-made replica. Afterwards, they create a map of the United States and label where indigenous peoples lived. The pottery is displayed using ribbons to connect pots to their matching geographic areas. Full Review »
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