Northwest Coast: Educator Resource Guide
Lessons structured around items from the Seattle Museum of Art's collection.
Lessons structured around items from the Seattle Museum of Art's collection.
Each picture is introduced with a story which includes words in the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) language.
Catalogue of exhibition which featured works by Maynard Johnny Jr., lessLIE , John Marston , Susan A. Point, and Dylan Thomas
Related material: Educational website.
For use with Grades 7-12. Uses photographs from Chapter Eleven of Montana: Stories of the Land.
2nd revised edition. Uses archival photographs of material culture.
Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Lesson plan involves students learning about stereotypes and deciding whether paintings by Charles M. Russell reinforced those stereotypes.
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
Designs by artists from the Dish with One Spoon Treaty territory feature animals from the region and are labelled in Ojibway and English.
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.
Pitseolak Ashoona is a renowned Inuk artist from Nunavut.
Designed to complement the book Pitseolak Ashoona: Life and Work.
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.
Includes biography, discussion of artist's style and techniques learning activities, and image file. Designed to complement Norval Morrisseau: Life and Work by Carmen Robertson.
Three thematic activities which explore knowledge transfer: learning through objects and tools, learning through making and learning through land and community.
Designed by Indigenous artists.
Exhibition catalogue.
Educational materials for Grades 4 and 5: PowerPoint; Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Script; Worksheet.
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work related skills.
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.
Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.
Discusses representations of Indigenous peoples in early 20th century art.