Amanda Staman Curriculum Unit ART: Fourth Grade: Lesson on Native American Textiles

Standard: 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect Concepts and skills students master: 1. The critique process informs judgment about artistic and aesthetic merits in works of art. Standard: 4. Relate and connect to transfer Concepts and skills students master: 2. Historical time periods and cultural settings are interpreted in words of art. Standard: 3. Invent and discover to create Concepts and skills students master: 2. Materials and processes can be used in traditional, unique and inventive ways. My students should be able to analyze the artistic characteristics of Native American textiles (Navajos), evaluate the cultural uses of textiles, and discuss how the historical culture change by the influence of the Spanish arrivals. My students should be able to create a small textiles that capture the geometric characteristics by weaving yarn on cardboard loom. Students will be able to use the knowledge that they have learned to accurately critique their final project and critique others in a professional manner. Graphic Organizer: Analyze: Evaluate: ORIGINALY Used for saddle blankets, belts Cloaks and dresses Made natural color supplied by nature (berries, bark, roots, and sheep) Created by the Navajos 17th century Geometric shapes Natural colors Made of cotton obtained from local trade routes (before Spanish influence)

Understand, Assess and Discuss differences Spanish Influence: 19th-20th cent ( compare and contrast) Now textiles made from wool Navajos began to herd sheep Textiles now bought for more decorative rugs than everyday uses. Acquired dies to create more elaborate colors

Create Apply Natural colors Geometric shapes Create a good pattern in the colors Critique final project by applying knowledge gained Weave a small textiles with natural colors

BIG IDEA: Historical influences brought on by the Spanish arrivals changed the cultural characteristics and uses of Native American textiles during the 19th century. The specific elements of art and principles of design that are applied to Native American textiles are based on the natural surroundings and cultural characteristics of the Navajo tribe.

Essential Questions: How did the Spanish conquistadors effect the change in artist characteristics of Native American textiles? Why did Native Americans create textiles for decoration in the 19th century and not in the 17th-18th century? How did Native Americans create textiles (tools and materials)? Which elements of art and principles of design are most dominant in a Native American textile? Differentiation in Lesson: PRE ASSESSMENT: Performance Based assessment: Students will create a small Native American textiles by weaving natural colors into a rhythmic pattern. They will use a traditional loom made from cardboard and yarn. In groups of four, students will create a skit of two Native Americans and two Spanish Conquistadors trading their decorative textiles for Spanish dye. They will have to use the small textiles they created as their barter. The skit must include artistic characteristics, cultural influences, and materials used. Post-assessment: Final Critique on students final loom project. Students will fill out a critique sheet about their work and three other students.

Questions that will be on their Art Final: 1. After the Spanish arrived in the 19th century how did the cultural uses of textiles change for the Navajo people? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did Native Americans start creating textiles with wool in the turn of the 19th century? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What type of materials did Native Americans use in the creation of textiles in the 17th and 18th century? ________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did Native Americans create a textile? (specific names of tools and materials) __________________________________________________________________________ 5. List three artistic characteristics of Native American textiles: