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Dick Blick Art Materials: Multicultural Lesson Plans
Twelve teacher-tested lesson plans to integrate art from around the world into your classroom. Each activity comes with a list of materials you'll need, easy-to-follow explanations, and examples.
California State University
Navaho Rug
A simple, but dynamic introductory weaving lesson plan that focuses on the art of the Navaho Native Americans. The lesson plan is well thought-out and includes references to children's literature to read as an introduction.
California State University
Csu: Arts Education K 6 Music Lessons
Several wonderful lesson plans for teachers seeking to incorporate music into the curriculum.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Influence of Mesoamerica on Mexican Art
A unit on Mexican art, Frida Kahlo, Native Civilizations in Mesoamerica, and Mayan culture. The site includes lesson plans, bibliographies, and much more.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Mosaic America: Civil Rights Movement
A lesson unit designed to outline the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes of African Americans, Chicanos, and Native Americans.
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.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: America at the Centennial
A lesson plan requiring student to analyze primary documents from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Learners interpret what these historical artifacts say "about the lives and values of Americans in 1876" among other things.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Understanding the Ancient Americas
A collection of lesson plans with background information on ancient civilizations in the Americas. Includes topics such as Aztec and Mayan mythology, Hispanic influence, religious practices, artwork, and artifacts. The materials were...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast
This activity will be an interdisciplinary activity that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The activity will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the learners performing...