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★ Dick Blick Art Supplies ›› Shop Online at Dick Blick for Quality Art Supplies Home Request Catalog Store Locator Contact Us NEW! WishList Buffalo Hides Lesson Plan Review of Native American Indian Culture. 2000 years ago, the Anasazi Indians inhabited the cliffs of the Southwest. They were the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians who live there today. There are 20 pueblo villages left; at one time there were 200! These ancient villages are built from adobe bricks. These natural homes are warm in winter and cool in summer; it rarely rains in the Southwest, so they won't melt. The Anasazi Indians left Petroglyph drawings on rocks and cliffs. Some were chiseled into the rock with animal antlers, some were etched with the acid juices from cactus plants. They are pictures of Indian symbols. Symbols are pictures drawn very simply of things in nature, such as animals, plants, stars, people, etc. The Indians were very spiritual people. They respected the earth, never wasted resources, and were ingenious at using the things in nature around them. Grade Levels Second Grade Time Required Three 45 minute lessons Objectives Art History — familiarization with Native American symbolism and the ancient art of petroglyphs. Key Terms — Anasazi ruins, Pueblos, Petroglyphs Design — understanding symbolism Skills — ability to create designs, border designs, use of tempera paint techniques, tearing, crumbling for aging effect Lesson 1 Procedure Each student is passed a piece of dark brown roll paper approximately 36" × 26". Crumble and unfold. Repeat to look like an aged animal hide. Tear an interesting shape around your hide, but be careful not to tear TOO much off. Take a minute to feed our brains with visual images of Indial symbols, looking through examples of symbols, and then drawing a variety of symbols on the large "hide" in white charcoal pencil. Stress creating an edge of border design. Names on back in white pencil. Lesson 2 Procedure Review paint manners. No tapping on water bucket. To clean, swish, rub, dry, twirl on paper towel. CLEAN before each new color. Choose 3 colors. Paint some shapes each color. Think about painting a shape on either end and in the middle a same color. When your eye sees a color repeated in a path, the painting is more pleasing to look at. Don’t paint the border design. Be careful not to touch a wet shape. Lesson 3 Procedure Go back into the designs and outline the painted designs with black marker. Outline the shapes you did not get a chance to paint. Do your border design in black marker. If you have extra time, create some new designs by just drawing them with marker in areas that are empty. Materials Native American tapes or CDs of drums and flutes for a total experience, posters of Anasazi Cliff Dwellings, petroglyphs, symbols Dark Brown Roll Paper White charcoal pencils and Tempera - turquoise, red, sienna, white, orange Brushes Black Markers Sponges or dry towels, and water buckets Resources Encarta Encyclopedia , Petroglyphs of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah Field Guide. Credits submitted by Anne Pietropola Mechanicsburg School District Mechanicsburg, PA Customer Service · Shipping Info · Privacy & Security · Forums · Lesson Plans · Gift Certificates · Links · Survey · Help Dick Blick Art Materials Inking Plates ... Glass Stains ... Princeton ... Pom Pons ... Alkyd Colors ... Earthenware Clay ... Calipers ... Graphic Chemical & Ink ... Textile Dryers ... Glue Guns ... Masterpiece ... Clay ... Crystal ... Wax Paper ... Ceramics ... Divider Screens ... Stanrite ... Journals ... Ceramics - Curry's - Embossing - Educational Materials - Painter - Canvas/Surfaces - Display Easel - Dick Blick - Dick Blick Promotional Coupons - Stone - Dick Blick Promotion - Artists Canvas - Childrens Easels - Watercolor - Embossing - Paintbrush - Sculptures - Stanrite Easels - Gouache - Craft - Permasol - Safety/Health - Curry's - 20th Century Sculpters - Pigments - Dick Blick: Dick Blick Department Store Dick Blick Catalog Shop