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Lesson Plan
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Pottery with Artist Kerry Moosman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After watching a video of Native American artist Maria Martinez create art out of clay, learners will create burnished coil pots similar to those made by artist, Kerry Moosman. This lesson plan includes a supply list, web links,...
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Lesson Plan
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Coil-Built Pueblo Bowls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use Native American tradition to create the context for making different cultural representations of pottery. Practice using geometrical shapes painted on the pottery, research different patterns found on Native American pottery, and...
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Hands-on History of Pottery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students make pottery in the same evolutionary order as archeology indicates. They begin with simple pinch pots and then move to plain coil pots, manipulative decoration, and surface decoration. For each type of pot they discuss the...
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Ceramic Processes and Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine new vocabulary associated with ceramic processes. They watch demonstrations of different techniques. They complete a crossword puzzle to help them with the vocabulary.
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Discover Woodland Culture: Wisconsin Basic Pottery Techniques

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners take a field trip to a local woodland to find pieces of clay. Once they are back in the classroom, they dry the clay throughly and turn it in to clay slip. They watch a PowerPoint presentation on basic art terms and create...
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North Carolina Pottery

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the process of evaporation. They observe how when clay dries, the water evaporates and how the weight of the object decreases. They complete a worksheet to complete the lesson plan.
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Creating Sacred and Ritual Masks Within the High School Pottery Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research sacred masks and what they were used for. They are to create their own sacred mask and present them to the class.
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Puebla Patterned Pots

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine and discuss the characteristics of tin glazed earthenware pottery of Colonial Mexico. They design and create their own Talavera-style plate by applying the concept of radial symmetry.
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Lesson Plan
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Handbuilding With Joan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the three basic handbuilding techniques used in beginning pottery: pinch pot, coiling, and slab work. After a lecture/demo, students try their hands at making pottery using the three different techniques.
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Handout
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Bureau of Land Management: Anasazi Heritage Center: Who Were the Anasazi?

For Students 4th - 8th
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.
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Website
Other

Pottery Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
This site boasts 5,000 pages of information about pottery! You'll find extensive lists of potters and examples of their artwork. Thousands of photographic examples to use as references or inspiration!
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Jh Pottery: Pottery Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains photos and instructions on how to make: pinch pots, coil pots, pressed coil pots, slab pots, handles, and how to use a pottery wheel. The directions are simple and easy to understand.
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eBook
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries: Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An extremely detailed and comprehensive publication from the Smithsonian concerning the anthropology of the Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Robert Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Robert Brown is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with pottery.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Val Cushing

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Val Cushing is described here along with information on his contributions to art through ceramics and pottery.