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Cherokee Pottery - 8th Grade
Cherokee Pottery - 8th Grade
Social Studies:
Social Studies:
SS8H1 Evaluate the impact of European exploration and settlement on American Indians in Georgia. a. Describe the characteristics of American Indians living in Georgia at the time of European contact; to include culture, food, weapons/tools, and shelter.
Visual Art:
VA8.CR.1 Visualize and generate ideas for creating works of art.
VA8.CR.2 Choose from a range of materials and/or methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan and create works of art.
VA8.CR.3 Engage in an array of processes, media, techniques, and/or technology through experimentation, practice, and persistence.
VA8.RE.1 Reflect on the context of personal works of art in relation to community, culture, and the world.
EXTENSION EXERCISE
EXTENSION EXERCISE
Students were given the opportunity to research traditional masks from a world culture of their choice. After finding several examples they designed their own mask in that style. First they made one mask from non-drying modeling clay. Then, using plaster of Paris, they made a mold of the mask. Using the plaster mold, they were challenged to make four copies of their mask; one straight from the mold, one subtractive where they could only carve things away, one additive where they could only add new elements, and one however they wanted. Once fired in the kiln, the students glazed each mask.
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