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the four seasons of the ojibwe

extension of learning

ART PROJECT 1
Materials Needed: 
black construction paper 9x12 inches
smaller squares of construction paper: red, blue, green, yellow, violet, and pink
scissors 
paste
shapes1_printout.pdf
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shapes2_printout.pdf
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The Ojibwe used in the past and continue to use today, plants and flowers as sources for their designs. Flowers and plants were common in their woodland surroundings. When the French began trading cloth to the Ojibwe they began doing beadwork on black velvet and other cloth.

With the attached patterns students can trace onto colored paper, cut out and make their own flora designs on 9x12 inch, black construction paper.
ART PROJECT 2
Materials Needed: 
construction paper
coloring tools
scissors
paste

flower1_printout.pdf
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Photograph by Robin Nelson
The Ojibwe used in the past and continue to use today, plants and flowers as sources for their designs. Flowers and plants were common in their woodland surroundings. When the French began trading cloth to the Ojibwe they began doing beadwork on black velvet and other cloth.

Print out the attached color sheets and have students color them using the numbered color guide. Students can cut out the flowers when finished.
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Page Jump 
1  Essential Question
2  Learning Goal
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  Winter Season – “Today you will learn”…
5  Living in Winter
6  Cooking in Winter
7  Hunting
8  Trapping - animated
9  Tracking Quiz
10  Answers to Tracking Quiz
11  Crafting (Moccasins)
12  Crafting (Porcupine quills)
13  Crafting (Cradle Boards)
14  Winter Activities - Animated Video (Toboggans)
15  Snow snake game
16  Story Telling
17  Beaver and Muskrat  (animated video)
18  Beaver and Muskrat Story Question
19  Signs of Spring
20  Winter Season Review
21  Essential Question Review
22  Learning Goal Review
23  Extension of Learning