Basket Making

Have your class learn about basket making with this resource. Learners talk about the techniques used to make baskets in Native American cultures. Then, they make baskets using paper coils. The results are attractive.

Fourth graders consider the role that baskets play in the traditional lives of Native Americans in California. Students investigate types of baskets and their various uses and then weave their own baskets.

Students create a basket. In this basket making lesson, students explore the Ojibway culture and discover the history of basket making. Students design and construct a basket.

Students design a unique basket plaque incorporating at least one symbol from their chosen tribe. They also identify, share, and give rationales for the symbols in basket plaques. Whole class discussion jig-saws their discoveries.

Students explore Indian Basket designs, experiment with weaving materials and create their own baskets in this 5-day Arrt lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson plan includes scoring guides and illustrated directions...

Students create individual basket plaques emphasizing Native American techniques and designs. Students learn to identify Native American tribal symbols and incorporate them into their basket plaque.

Learners are introduced to the technique of basket making. Using paper, they follow written instructions to make their own basket design. To end the lesson, they identify other materials that could be used to make the basket and how the...

Young scholars explore cultural history by participating in an arts and crafts activity. For this weaving lesson, students identify the many cultures that used weaving methods and local plant life to create baskets and other useful...

Students create Easter bunny baskets using cardboard half-gallon milk or juice containers, cotton balls, felt, pipe cleaners, and basic art supplies in this holiday Art lesson for the K-8 classroom. This can be adapted and made into a...

Fourth graders explore world culture by creating an arts and crafts project in class. In this weaving lesson plan, 4th graders identify the Kente culture and their uses for straw and other natural elements in their communities. Students...