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Folk Art Weather Vane

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students observe weather vanes and explore their purpose and history and create a miniature weather vane from cardboard or wood.
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Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Three Little Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Engage young learners in developing their reading fluency with their very own copy of The Three Little Pigs. Including a series fun illustrations, children will have a hard time putting this book down.
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Folk Art Weather Vane

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create replicas of Folk Art Weather Vanes using farm animal outlines, cardboard or wood, paints, and staining techniques. Emphasis is placed on the appreciation of folk art, the history of the weather vane, and creativity.
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Looking North Of The Greek World: The Slavic Folk Poetry of The Balkans

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Showing how folk poetry keeps alive national heritage is the stated goal of this proposal for a unit on the poetry of the Balkans.
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Folklife Around the Year and Around the State

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Research how seasonal changes in Louisiana affect learners' lives and the folklife of their communities and the state. They investigate differences in the seasonal round in the regions of Louisiana, including celebrations, festivals,...
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Making Evidence-Based Claims: "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Scholars dig deep into the text of W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk and analyze his position that black people must be aware of how they see themselves as well as how the world sees them. The instructor and readers work through the...
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The Ancient Art of Shadow Puppet Plays

For Teachers 3rd
Shadow puppetry has an ancient past, it is also a great way to build oral expression and reading fluency. Young thespians research folk tales, compare and contrast reality and fantasy, then create and perform a shadow puppet play based...
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Create, Design, and Invent with Plastic

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars explore creative ways to reuse materials. In this ecology/art lesson, students create artwork using trash. Young scholars view examples of folk art from around the world that used waste products as a main component.
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Carrying on the Storytelling Tradition

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the art of Clementine Hunter, a Creole folk artist. They compare Hunter's Folk Art style with Grandma Moses' Primitive work. They then draw an important memory in Hunter's style, and describe their drawing orally for a...
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Korean Folk Paintings - The Symbolic Tiger

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read Korean folktale The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon, discuss story's symbolism, consider why tiger is important Korean symbol, and view variety of Korean folk paintings. Students then create their own tiger paintings,...
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Comparing Native American and American Folk Music

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different. They contrast both forms of music and engage in many activities to identify or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes.
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Creating and Preserving a Tradition

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners explore folk art and tradition. They work in small groups and produce an essay about folk art or traditions practiced in their community. Students discuss the creation and preservation of a tradition. They discuss various...
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Checkerboard

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners explore the game of checkers and the folk art that has been used to create checkerboards. They create their own checkerboards that reflect current culture.
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Fiber of Life

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the importance of plants to individuals and society through a multi-discipline set of activities. They observe and draw different leaf structures and then create a book about trees and photosynthesis. They explore ways...
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Alien Beauty

For Teachers K - 5th
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," is a popular phrase in our society. The lesson here puts the phrase to the test as pupils explore what truly is beautiful through a study of some Japanese folk art. A careful examination of the...
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Exploration of Folk Music

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to examine Folk music.
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Folk Music Flowchart and Questions

For Students 5th - 7th
In this music learning exercise, learners read about the origins of folk music by following a flow chart. They answer 10 short answer question and participate in an extension task that entails writing an article that discusses folk music.
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Folk Music

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Folk Music in Iowa. For this folk music instructional activity, students discuss different types of folk music and how it relates to life in Iowa. They take the tune of a song and write their own lyrics to describe their...
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Instruments Used in Folk Music

For Students 7th - 8th
In this music worksheet, learners read short excerpts about the instruments that accompany folk music songs. They write 5-10 paragraphs about the use of the banjo and mandolin in folk music and about their differences. They read...
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Geography, Ecology, and Folklife

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify how do geography and ecology influence a region's folklife. Then they investigate this question and consider how an outsider might view their own region in this lesson. Students also identify how the natural world, even...
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Isleno Folk Arts and Artists Worksheet

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Isleno folk arts and artists worksheet, students find some images of Isleno folk art online at the Creole States Exhibit. They choose one of the artists' biographies to report on to the class ad make a brochure about the artist...
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The Fine Art of Paper-Cutting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create original examples of the ancient Chinese Folk Art technique of Paper-Cutting in this middle-level lesson highly adaptable for either the Art classroom or a Social Studies class.
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th Standards
Create a cross-curricular learning experience based on the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat with this collection of learning activities. Starting with a class reading of the story, children go on to learn about the sequence...
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Traditional Crafts and Decorative Arts in Louisiana Worksheet

For Students 6th - 11th
This resource outlines an extensive list of websites about different kinds of material culture in Louisiana. The list covers five categories: outdoor and indoor crafts, Louisiana folk life articles, quilt making, house types, and general...

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