Folklife Resources for Educators
Materials Related to PaintingThere are 2 titles in this list.
Explore Culture Online
by Arizona State Museum http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/explore.shtml
Online educational activities, podcasts, videos, exhibitions, oral histories, databases, bibliographies, and multimedia resources created for the Arizona State Museum about their exhibits, collections, and programs related to the material culture of Southwest Native Americans. Includes cultural and archaeological topics such as masks, pottery, textiles, painting, and weaving from Northern Mexico, New Mexico, and Arizona. Can be used in the classroom.
Grade Level: All ages; K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Performing Arts; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Video recordings; Podcasts; Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English; Spanish |
Subjects: Arizona--Social life and customs; Indians of North America; Painting; Tohono O'odham Indians; Hopi Indians; Archaeology; Pottery; Games; Weaving; Textile fabrics; Material culture; Masks; Navajo Indians; Mexico--Social life and customs; Crafts; New Mexico--Social life and customs
Geographic locations: New Mexico; Mexico; Arizona |
Sponsoring Organization: Arizona State Museum The University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721-0026
(520) 621-6302 http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/
A Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal
by Museum of International Folk Art http://www.moifa.org/eventsedu/education/painterslessonplan.pdf
Lesson plan with activities for grades K-12 created in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of International Folk Art in 2006-2007. The focus of the curriculum materials is the artistry of the West Bengal, India community of patuas, who wander from village to village singing their own compositions while displaying painted scrolls that include religious songs, social commentary, and personal experience narratives. The curriculum materials correlate with the New Mexico State Content Standards for the Visual Arts. (11 p. PDF)
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Folk artists; Folk art; Painting; Scrolls; India--Social life and customs; Decorative arts
Geographic locations: South Asia; India |
Sponsoring Organization: Museum of International Folk Art PO Box 2087 Santa Fe NM 87504-2087
(505) 476-1200 http://www.moifa.org/
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