Art.Music.PE cross content Lesson
Students will immerse themselves in the Native American culture as they study traditional music, dance, art and sports.
Standard
4.SS.1.3.2 Discuss how Idaho’s tribes interacted with and impacted existing and newly arriving people.
Description
Choose one of the following projects.
Art
Visit the links on the first slide of the Buncee presentation (embedded below) to view examples of Native American art. Decide which form of art you would like to reproduce. Choose from one of the following options:
Music
Watch the Youtube video on the third slide of the Buncee presentation. Choose two of the games portrayed on the Youtube video (also listed below.)
Native American Traditional Games
Run and Scream
Make the Stick Jump
Sling Ball
Hoop and Arrow
Guessing Sticks
Stone House Game
String Game
Family Lacrosse
Double Ball
Make a video of you and a group of people (or a partner, depending on the games you choose) playing these games. Embed your video into your blog and complete these questions for each game:
Why do native americans play games?
What skills do each of the games you chose develop?
Standard
4.SS.1.3.2 Discuss how Idaho’s tribes interacted with and impacted existing and newly arriving people.
Description
Choose one of the following projects.
- Draw a piece of digital art using native american style
- Recreate a Native American song or dance
- Record yourself playing a traditional Native American sport or game
Art
Visit the links on the first slide of the Buncee presentation (embedded below) to view examples of Native American art. Decide which form of art you would like to reproduce. Choose from one of the following options:
- Create a piece of Native American art using one of these online drawing applications:
- Draw Island
- Sketchpad
- Flame Painter
- Adobe Photoshop Sketch (mobile app)
- Animatic (mobile app)
- Create an actual dreamcatcher then make a tutorial teaching how to create a dreamcatcher (see the link to the tutorial and the ideas on Pinterest in the Buncee presentation for help with this choice.) Post your tutorial to Youtube.
Music
- Watch the videos depicting traditional native american dances. Recreate one of the dances either alone, with a partner, or in a group of 3-4. Props are not required unless you choose to depict the hoop dance. You may find and use traditional native american music online as your background music. Record your dance using Youtube. Costumes are optional.
- Listen to the examples of flute music found on the second slide of the Buncee presentation. See if you can identify the different types of instruments being used. Using a recorder, or a native american flute if you have one, create your own native american song. You can find free sheet music or purchase songs from the internet, or you can compose your own music in the style of the native american. Record it using Youtube or Voicethread.
Watch the Youtube video on the third slide of the Buncee presentation. Choose two of the games portrayed on the Youtube video (also listed below.)
Native American Traditional Games
Run and Scream
Make the Stick Jump
Sling Ball
Hoop and Arrow
Guessing Sticks
Stone House Game
String Game
Family Lacrosse
Double Ball
Make a video of you and a group of people (or a partner, depending on the games you choose) playing these games. Embed your video into your blog and complete these questions for each game:
Why do native americans play games?
What skills do each of the games you chose develop?