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Community Through Northwest Coast Art & Traditions

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Students view video and watch an artist create a potlatch (gift necklace).  In this community and resources instructional activity, students understand the culture of Northwest Coast Art & Traditions  .  Students create their own necklaces and bent box to put it in.

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gift necklaces, northwest coast art & traditions, potlatch, visual and performing arts
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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