Abstract Haida Explorations: Cut Paper Designs
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Grades 4-7.
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Grades 4-7.
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
Four lessons designed for Grades 8-12.
Lesson teaches the cultural significance of totems poles, how they're constructed and Haida vocabulary relating to them. Designed for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.
Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.