Folklife Resources for Educators
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Crossroads of the Heart: Creativity and Tradition in Mississippi
by Mississippi Arts Commission http://www.arts.state.ms.us/crossroads/main.html
Educational website that profiles community-based Mississippi traditional artists and musicians. It includes a teacher's guide with background on the traditions described, a glossary of terms, student activities, and a resource guide for additional materials and websites. The site is organized into five sections: "Mississippi Music" (blues, gospel, fiddling, and sacred harp singing); "Handmade Objects" (Choctaw basketry, wood carving, pottery, and pine needle basketry); "Maritime Traditions" (boatbuilding, netmaking, Vietnamese fishing and boatbuilding, and model boatbuilding); "Mississippi Quilting" (quilter Hystercine Rankin, Crossroads Quilters, and quilter Elaine Carter); and "Mississippi Narrative" (storytelling, church oratory, and fiction). Each artistic form highlighted includes streaming audio of interviews and musical performances or photos documenting the traditional form. For upper elementary and middle school.
Grade Level: 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Performing Arts; Music; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Decorative arts; Crafts; Choctaw Indians; Wood-carving; Basket making; Fiddle tunes; Mississippi--Social life and customs; Folk art; Oral tradition; Quiltmakers; Music; Blues (Music); Maritime culture; Material culture; Ethnic arts; Ethnic folklore; Quilting; African Americans; Vietnamese Americans; Gospel music; Shape-note singing; Boatbuilding; Fishing nets; Fishing; Storytelling; Needlework
Geographic locations: Mississippi |
Sponsoring Organization: Mississippi Arts Commission 501 North West Street, Suite 1101A Jackson MS 39201
(601) 359-6030 http://www.arts.state.ms.us/
Culturally-Based Curriculum Resources
by Alaska Native Knowledge Network http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/course/view.php?id=2
Culturally responsive curriculum resources for the study of Alaska native knowledge systems and ways of learning. Database includes units, lesson plans, activities, and background material for use in the K-12 classroom, geared primarily for use in the curriculum fields of math and science. The materials are created within a culturally aligned curriculum framework reflecting indigenous knowledge systems, and incorporate oral tradition, learned skills, traditional practice, folk medicine, and native ecological perspectives which make them valuable for application in social science and humanities curricula.
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Science; Performing Arts; Music; Math; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Land use; Traditional medicine; Environmental sciences; Alaska--Social life and customs; Plants; Human ecology; Material culture; Indians of North America; Maritime culture; Oral tradition; Weather; Fishing; Animals
Geographic locations: Alaska |
Sponsoring Organization: Alaska Native Knowledge Network University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 756730 Fairbanks AK 99775-6730
(907) 474-1902 http://ankn.uaf.edu/
Harvesting the River Lesson Plan: Taking an Oral History
by Illinois State Museum http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverWeb/harvesting/pdfs/OralHistory.pdf
Lesson plan for students in grades 5-12 to introduce them to recording and writing up an oral history from a family or community member after hearing and/or reading oral histories. Materials include a link to "Harvesting the River," an online audio, video, and image archive of the Illinois State Museum, based on research done on communities and activities found along the Illinois River. Lesson includes interviewing guidelines and procedures, as well as information on how to use the materials documented by the students. Addresses the Illinois State Board of Education Standards and Goals for History and Social Studies. (3 p. PDF)
Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities; Video recordings |
Language: English |
Subjects: Fishing; Oral history; Interviewing; Inquiry-based learning; Community life; Family--Folklore; Family--History; Illinois--Social life and customs; History; Boats and boating; Rivers; Transportation
Geographic locations: [No specific location]; Illinois |
Sponsoring Organization: Illinois State Museum 502 South Spring Street Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386 http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Iñupiaq Whale Hunt
by Echo: Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations http://www.echospace.org/articles/137/sections/207
Curriculum resources for grades 5-8 that explore the role of the whale hunt among the Inupiat people along the Chukchi Sea of northern Alaska. Topics covered include how the whale hunt nourishes the Inupiaq people and sustains and builds community. An accompanying video with discussion questions illustrates Inupiaq subsistence hunting and fishing and demonstrates how whaling fulfills many of the nutritional, economic, social and cultural needs of Inupiaq life. Curriculum suggestions can be applied to the areas of social studies, history, language arts, and geography.
Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Geography; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Video recordings; Lesson plans |
Language: English |
Subjects: Geography; Hunting; Whaling; Alaska--Social life and customs; Indians of North America; Inupiat; Food; Foodways; Celebration; Environmental sciences; Fishing
Geographic locations: Alaska |
Sponsoring Organization: Echo: Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations
http://www.echospace.org/
Iowa Folklife: Our People, Communities, and Traditions
by Iowa Arts Council http://www.uni.edu/iowaonline/folklife/intro/index.htm
Learning guide for middle and high school students plus elders in senior centers based on field documentation of Iowa traditional culture, communities, and groups done in preparation for the Festival of American Folklife and the Festival of Iowa Folklife, both held in 1996. The guide includes lesson plans with objectives, background, conceptual and hands-on activities, and handouts, arranged by subject matter: Social Studies, Language Arts, Music, and Art. Accompanying the lesson plans are activities with guidance on developing a community research archive, collecting field recordings, and creating exhibitions, festivals, and publications based on fieldwork done by students. On the site are two streamed videos for classroom viewing, streamed audio of a CD exemplifying a variety of Iowa traditional musical styles, and "Inherit Iowa," a senior citizen activity guide.
Grade Level: All ages; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Music; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Video recordings; Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: European Americans; Scandinavian Americans; Crafts; Iowa--Social life and customs; Ethnic folklore; Festivals; Folklore--Fieldwork; Inquiry-based learning; Folk artists; Music; Foodways; Community life; Fieldwork (Educational method); Immigrants; Folk music; Holidays; German Americans; Czech Americans; Hmong Americans; African Americans; Mexican Americans; Occupations--Folklore; Material culture; Fishing; Maritime culture; Quilting; Decorative arts
Geographic locations: Iowa |
Sponsoring Organization: Folk & Traditional Arts Program Iowa Arts Council Des Moines IA 50319-0290
(515) 242-6195 http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/programs/folk-and-traditional-arts/resources.shtml
Other Organizations:
Iowa Arts Council 600 E. Locust Street Des Moines IA 50319-0290
(515) 281-6412 http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/
The Maine Song and Story Sampler
by Maine Folklife Center http://umaine.edu/folklife/msss-curriculum-connection-series/
Educational website with thirteen lesson plans plus activities for K-12 teachers that focuses on the folklore, social conditions, history, politics, economics, and cultural life of the state of Maine. Includes access to the Maine Song and Dance Sampler Map with links to audio recordings of stories and songs from the Maine Folklife Center's archival collections, searchable by people or place. The curriculum suggestions are correlated to Maine educational standards for Social Studies.
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Geography; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities; Audio recordings |
Language: English |
Subjects: Maine--Social life and customs; Folklore; Oral history; Oral tradition; History; Social history; Social justice; Songs; Tales; Occupations--Folklore; Fishing; Labor unions; Labor history; Civics
Geographic locations: Maine |
Sponsoring Organization: Maine Folklife Center 5773 South Stevens, Room 112B Orono ME 04469-5773
(207) 581-1891 http://umaine.edu/folklife/
Other Organizations:
University of Maine Orono ME 04469
207-581-1865 http://www.umaine.edu/
Netmaking and Net Fishing in Florida
by State Library and Archives of Florida http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/netmaking/
Lesson plans, photographs, and audio interviews with longtime net maker and Fernandina, Florida resident Billy Burbank III about the history and practice of the net making trade. Correlated to Florida State Standards, the lesson plans were created for grades 6-8 in a Social Studies or Language Arts curriculum. The primary source materials in this educational unit belong to the State Library and Archives of Florida's Florida Folklife Collection, available on the Florida Memory Web site.
Grade Level: 6-8 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Audio recordings |
Language: English |
Subjects: Florida--Social life and customs; Fishing nets; Maritime culture; Fishing
Geographic locations: Florida |
Sponsoring Organization: State Library and Archives of Florida 500 S. Bronough Street Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6700 http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index.cfm
Other Organizations:
Florida Memory Project State Library and Archives of Florida Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6700 http://www.floridamemory.com/
Pass It On: Cultural Traditions of the Lower Eastern Shore
by Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art http://www.wardmuseum.org/Education/TeachersandStudents/TeacherTrainingResources/PassItOnK12CurriculumActivity/tabid/583/Default.aspx
K-12 curriculum and activity guide to the cultural life, history, landscape, and traditions of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Curriculum units with lesson plans and activities include: I) Following the Water (19 pp. PDF); II) Living Off the Land (36 pp. PDF); III) Sporting and Playing (14 pp. PDF) ; and IV) Folklore and Folklife (32 pp. PDF). There is also a map of the Eastern Shore, a glossary of terms, a bibliography for further research, and links to audio and video clips. The curriculum has been synchronized with Maryland state content standards for Social Studies, and can be used for classes in History, Geography, Science, Economics, and Art.
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Sports and Recreation; Music; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Geography; Art and Culture; Science |
Resource Type: Video recordings; Primary sources; Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Foodways; Oral history; Seasons; Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs; Maryland--Social life and customs; Maritime culture; Boats and boating; Fishing; Recreation; Folklore; Agriculture; Farm life; Boatbuilding; History; Environmental protection; Ecology; Watermen; Hunting; Play
Geographic locations: Maryland; Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) |
Sponsoring Organization: Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art 909 South Schumaker Drive Salisbury MD 21804
(410) 742-4988 http://www.wardmuseum.org/
People and Fish: Angling, Fisheries Management, and Folkways
by Colorado 4-H Sportfishing Program http://www.4hfishing.org/main_resource_ethics.html
Curriculum and activities for 4-H youth and leaders involved in conservation, sportfishing, and outdoor education. A multidisciplinary teaching resource focusing on “People and Fish,” with units on angling ethics, fisheries management, and the folkways of fishing. The folkways unit includes guidance on collecting fishing stories and interviews, information on regional fish foodways, and an exploration of the material culture of fishing. Resource includes activities emphasizing self-documentation, such as “Keeping a Fishing Field Journal.” This resource is available as part of a National 4-H Sportfishing Curriculum. (77 p. PDF)
Grade Level: 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies; Language Arts; Science; Sports and Recreation |
Resource Type: Activities; Lesson plans |
Language: English |
Subjects: Ethics; Inquiry-based learning; Foodways; Environmental sciences; Outdoor education; Fishing; Maritime culture; Fishery management; Interviewing; Storytelling; Environmental protection; Fishers
Geographic locations: [No specific location] |
Sponsoring Organization: Colorado 4-H Sportfishing Program Colorado State University Extension Ft. Collins CO 80523
(719) 846-7403 http://www.4hfishing.org/
Teaching Lewis & Clark: Tribal Cultures & Homelands - Elementary/Middle School
by Washington State Historical Society http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/LC-columbia/teaching/cultures_2.htm
Lesson plan with activities for grades 3-8 that explore the cultural aspects of the native peoples who Lewis and Clark met along the Columbia River in the early 19th century. Special focus is placed on foodways and how Native Americans in the region used the various physical environments they had access to for fish, game, and roots and berries. A seasonal round template can be downloaded for students as an activity. The materials are correlated to Washington State Benchmarks for Economics, Geography, and History.
Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: Science; History and Social Studies; Geography |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Seasons; Plants; Rivers; Geography; Foodways; Hunting; Fishing; Washington (State)--Social life and customs; Indians of North America; History
Geographic locations: Washington (State) |
Sponsoring Organization: Washington State Historical Society 1911 Pacific Avenue Tacoma WA 98402
(888)-238-4373 http://www.washingtonhistory.org/default.aspx
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