Students learn about Native American history, clay designs and techniques and create their own vessels. Students discuss patterns and create a printed tee shirt. Students design and create a round tile installation. Students design and create a soup pot, discussing issues of size and volume. They will then work cooperatively to make dwellings, combine them to make a village, and paint them.
Children read a book picked by the teacher and artist.
The tiles are installed so that the story can be re-read through them. Students will talk about the history of fibers. They will then learn how to make felt from wool. They will dye the wool and then make hats. Children will learn about Egyptian life and art and then make a class-wide mural.