Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Missouri

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Lewis & Clark - The National Bicentennial Exhibition Teaching Units and Lesson Plans
by Missouri Historical Society
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/index.html

Curriculum materials for grades 4-12 with a virtual exhibit of the "Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition" that explores the cultural landscape the explorers encountered in the early 19th century. The teaching units with lesson plans and suggested activities cover the topics of: Preparing for the Trip; Politics & Diplomacy; Women; Mapping; Animals; Language; Warriors/Soldiers; Trade & Property; and Plants, each comparing and contrasting Lewis and Clark's experiences with what those of the Native Americans they met might have been. The lessons are geared to upper elementary, middle school, and high school levels, are inquiry-based, and use primary source materials, artifacts, and Indian interviews featured in the online exhibition. Also includes video clips, maps, and a variety of documents. Units are linked to Missouri State Standards and National Council for the Social Studies and National Science Teachers Association standards.

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12	Curriculum: Art and Culture; Geography; History and Social Studies; Science
Resource Type: Activities; Audio recordings; Lesson plans; Primary sources	Language: English
Subjects: Clothing and dress; Missouri--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Languages; Indians of North America; Indian women; Maps in education; Women; Great Plains--Social life and customs; Plants; Explorers; Oral history; Oral tradition; Animals; Inquiry-based learning; Intercultural communication Geographic locations: Washington (State); United States; Missouri; Great Plains

Sponsoring Organization:
Missouri History Museum
P.O. Box 11940
St. Louis MO 63112
(314) 746-4599
http://www.mohistory.org/

Show-Me Traditions: An Educators Guide to Teaching Folk Arts and Folklife in Missouri Schools
by Eleutario, Susan
http://maa.missouri.edu/mfap/articles/showme_new.pdf

Educational guide with eight lesson plans and accompanying activities for fourth and fifth grade students that introduces concepts of folk arts and folklife in general and Missouri traditional art forms and artists in specific. The guide is organized as follows: Section I: Defining Folk Arts and Folklife; Section II: Discovering Folk Arts in Everyday Life; and Section III: Folk Artists in Missouri. Background information is provided on Missouri traditional arts and artists from the fields of Bluegrass music, Colombian-American dance and costume, Ozark riverways and boats, Irish-American music and dance, cowboy and spoken word poetry, German-American bobbin lace making, Missouri fiddling and old-time dance, and African-American storytelling. Site includes links to audio and video recordings plus additional background resources. Missouri curriculum connections are noted for Communication Arts, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Music, and Physical Education. (56 p. PDF)

Grade Level: 3-5	Curriculum: Sports and Recreation; Music; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities; Video recordings; Primary sources	Language: English
Subjects: Fiddle tunes; Cowboys--Poetry; German Americans; Boats and boating; Fiddlers; Clothing and dress; Bluegrass music; Lace and lace making; Poetry; Ozark Mountains Region--Social life and customs; Storytelling; Folk music; Folk artists; Missouri--Social life and customs; Folklore; Folk art; Family--Folklore; Folk songs; Material culture; Celebration; Festivals; Dance; Legends; Oral tradition; Foodways; Community life; Place names; Colombian Americans; African Americans; Irish Americans; Interviewing; Names, Personal Geographic locations: Ozark Mountains Region; Missouri

Sponsoring Organization:
Missouri Folk Arts Program
21 Parker Hall
Columbia MO 65211-2330
(573) 882-6296
http://maa.missouri.edu/mfap/

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