Curated OER
Basketry: merit badge
In this basketry activity, students fill out short answer questions using their workbook about basketry in order to get a merit badge. Students complete 3 questions total.
Curated OER
Winter Tree Identification
Students utilize techniques of winter tree identification such as twig and bark characteristics. Students also identify specific uses for trees in school surrounding. They work cooperatively to produce a multimedia presentation on...
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Splint Baskets of the Northeast
An exhaustive look at the splint baskets made by the Northeast Woodland Indians. See a slide show of the types of baskets, find out how they were made, and look at the many designs. Use the topic index on the left to navigate the site.
Curated OER
Bureau of Land Management: Anasazi Heritage Center: Who Were the Anasazi?
A question-and-answer site giving information about the Anasazi, an ancestral Pueblo people. There is a discussion of their languages, farming methods, architecture, and use of astronomy.
Other
Yosemite Online: Handbook of Indians of California: Chapter 30: The Miwok
A very scholarly article on the Miwok from the Handbook of Indians of California, written in 1919. Learn about the geography of where they lived, their culture, arts, religion, and social practices.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of African Art: Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
Explore the crafts that the African American culture exported from native African lands, basketry and cultivation of rice. With the lessons provided in the downloadable document, students will weave together history, geography, social...
University of California
Shapes and Uses of California Indian Basketry
This is an illustrated comprehensive overview of Native American basket types. Discusses different styles and what they are used for.
Other
Mint Museums: Hands on Crafts
Interactive resource about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry. Includes informative texts, videos of children dicussing and/or performing their craft, ability to "make" crafts online, and information about places to go to make...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 5: 3 D Art
This fifth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of three-dimensional art. Students learn about sculpture and its history, government-funded art works, and controversy in art. They look at other types of 3-D...
Burke Museum
Burke Museum of Natural Hist'y: Native American Basketry
This Native American basketry exhibition explores how baskets are entwined with the lives of people. You'll be surprised at the many uses these baskets had in the lives of the Native Americans.
University College London
University College London: Digital Egypt: Basketry
Click on materials, techniques, or function to see pictures of basket techniques from ancient Egypt. Very little commentary, but interesting pictures.
Other
Calavaras County Historical Society and Museum: Mi Wok Indians
See these interesting photographs of artifacts from the Miwok Indian tradition. There is a brief discussion of the culture of the Miwok also. From the Calavaras County Historical Society.
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Other
Lompoc Museum: Chumash Indians [Pdf]
A very complete look at the Chumash Indians of California from the Lompoc Museum. Read an overview of how the Chumash lived and took advantage of their environment. Follow links to see maps of where they lived and information about their...
Other
Native American Indian Art
This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University: Hopi Basketry
An introduction to Hopi basketry that includes links to history, techniques, photographs, and uses.
Other
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library: Hands on Crafts: Basketry
Explains what basket weaving is, how it is used, vocabulary terms, and some of the history of this craft. Includes a basket matching game, and a video of a teenager talking about how she learned to weave from her mother and grandmother.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Basketry
Baskets, used by many cultures, became a beautiful art form in Egypt. Read about the methods of making baskets, the materials used, and the many uses.
Other
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians: History of the Chumash People
Read a history of the Chumash Indians and learn about their way of life before contact with the Spanish. Find out about their large domed houses, plank canoes, and impressive cave paintings.
California State University
Basket Making
This fibers project goes cross-curricular to focus on Native American coil baskets. Techniques could be challenging. However, when completed, your students will feel so rewarded with a beautiful handmade craft.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Abenaki Religion and Expressive Culture
This reference introduces the Abenaki tribe located in Northeast America. Read about their religious beliefs and practices, arts, medicines, and ceremonies.