Annenberg Foundation
The Search for Identity
Discover how writers express identity in their writing. Learners explore how issues of identity surface in the literature of minority writers. Scholars watch a video, read and discuss biographies, conduct research, engage in creative...
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Silk Dragons - Activity 1
Learners investigate and discuss Japanese art and culture through an online video and a KWL chart. This lesson is an introduction to Japanese art with two supplemental lessons provided for further activities.
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Georgia O'Keefe - A Unit for Grades 9-12
SStudents view examples of O'Keef's work and watch a video about her life. They use colored pencil to create a 6" x 6" reproduction of a 2" x 2" square cut from a magazine picture, finding and using the most interesting shapes in the...
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When I Was Young In Appalachia
Students comapre and contrast the lifestyles of the people of the Applachian region with their own community through in-class discussions, creative projects, hands-on activities, food preservation, homemade remedies, home construction,...
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Natural Dyes From Plants
Learners investigate how natural dyes from plants was an expression of Native American cultures. They examine objects dyed from natural sources, conduct Internet research, and create their own dyes using various plant sources.
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Food and Your Body -- How to Maintain a Healthy Diet
Young scholars examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of calories...
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Comparing Patterns In Chinese And American Textile
Students create Chinese jacket designs using magic markers and paper jackets as well as knowledge of Chinese and American textile designs and techniques in this upper-elementary lesson.
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Patterns: A Stitch in Time
Learners recognize shapes, designs and numbers that form patterns. Using their surroundings, they identify common patterns. They create their own patterns in various software programs and share them with the class.
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Beautiful and Sublime Landscapes
Students examine images created by painters, and create an artistic rendition of the landscape in the photograph following the chosen aesthetic.
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Japan Vocabulary Quiz
In this Japan vocabulary quiz instructional activity, students match the 17 terms in the left-hand column to the appropriate definitions in the right-hand column.
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Holidays Around the World
Students use the internet to gather information about holidays around the world. They create a calendar with all of the holidays outlined and calculate the percentages of countries who celebrate each one. They design a greeting card to...
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Santa Fe, New Mexico: Vocabulary Follow-Up
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, using Santa Fe, New Mexico associated vocabulary given at the top of the page. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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You Gotta Know the Territory
Pupils examine the relationship between Native Americans and those who settled the Iowa territory. In this Iowa history lesson, students investigate the process for settling the territory and how intercultural relationships developed...
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Children's Books
Young scholars explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Young scholars write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross...
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Visual Arts
Fourth graders study the stained glass produced for the Gothic cathedrals, needlework, castles, and tapestry of the Middle Ages.
Other
The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition
An online exhibit of quilts made in Maryland especially the "album quilt" which often contained pictorial images of urban Baltimore life. Learning activities and extra resources are included.
Library of Congress
Loc: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America 1978 1996
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America showcases folk art traditions in our country's past. You will view winning quilts from across the nation and have the opportunity to hear quilters speak about their designs.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Stories in Quilts (Lesson Plan)
Lesson plan that uses quilts as narrative art to tell stories through pictures. Quilts can also be used to learn about historical or cultural events.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: History in Quilts
In this lesson plan, learners will consider "History in Quilts." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Quilt Block Areas
In this activity, students will draw and color scaled drawings of traditional quilt block designs. They then find the appropriate fraction, decimal, and percent of the overall design for each color.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: Adire Textiles
Illustrated, interactive explanation of how adire textiles, a Nigerian cultural tradition, are designed, created, and interpreted.