Folklife Resources for Educators
Materials Related to Georgia
There are 2 items in this list. Folkwriting: Lessons about Place, Heritage and Tradition for the Georgia Classroom
by Diane W. Howard, Laurie Kay Sommers http://www.valdosta.edu/folkwriting/
Curriculum materials created in 2002 that combine the teaching of folklore concepts and fieldwork with the development of writing skills. Using lesson plans, activities, and resources for K-12 classrooms, background is given in the writing process and the concept of folklife as a subject for writing assignments. The guide includes instructions for doing folklore fieldwork and interviews, geared to different grade levels. Although written with Georgia traditions and curriculum standards in mind, the curriculum materials are applicable to the study of other states or regions. (354 p. PDF)
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Fieldwork (Educational method); Georgia--Social life and customs; English language--Writing; Holidays; Folklore; Folklore--Fieldwork
Geographic locations: Georgia; General |
Sponsoring Organization: Valdosta State University 1500 N. Patterson Avenue Valdosta GA 31698
(229) 333-5946 http://www.valdosta.edu/
Unbroken Tradition – Teacher’s Guide
by Erin Kellen, Joey Brackner http://www.folkstreams.net/context,10
Teacher’s guide for grades 3-6 to accompany the film “Unbroken Tradition,” created by Joey Brackner, Erin Kellen, and Herb Smith in 1986. The 29-minute film, available as streaming video on folkstreams.net, is a portrait of Jerry Brown, a ninth generation potter from Hamilton, Alabama, whose forebears first set up a potter’s wheel in Georgia around 1800. The film takes the viewer through the steps of making a churn from digging the clay and preparing it for the potter’s wheel, to actual turning and firing of the piece in the kiln. It also includes Jerry’s explanation of how he came to the potter’s trade relatively late in life. The teacher’s guide and film explore issues relating to the continuation of this family tradition over generations, the making of stoneware pottery, and the importance of pottery in daily life in the past in the American South.
Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: Science; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Video recordings; Primary sources; Lesson plans; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Family--Folklore; Potters; Pottery; Alabama--Social life and customs; Oral history; Georgia--Social life and customs; Family-owned business enterprises; History; Educational films; Ethnographic films; Artisans
Geographic locations: Georgia; Alabama |
Sponsoring Organization: Folkstreams
http://www.folkstreams.net/
Other Organizations:
Alabama State Council on the Arts 201 Monroe Street Montgomery AL 36130-1800
(334) 242-4076 http://www.arts.state.al.us/
Other Organizations:
Appalshop Whitesburg KY 41858 http://appalshop.org/
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