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Southwest Culture Through Art: Unit and Lessons

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This unit on Southwest American culture planned for sixth graders features six lesson plans on the following subjects: small group collage, exploring concepts, artifacts, pottery, petroglyph rock art pins, and architecture. (Click on "lessson" on the left side.)

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cultural benchmarks, petroglyph rock art, pinch pot, southwest architecture, southwest artifacts, southwest culture, southwest pottery, art american culture, collage, art of the americas

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Southwest Culture Through Art: Unit and Lessons

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