South Africa! Ndebele Community—Lesson, “Painted” House Craft w Geometry
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This is an all-encompassing, growing bundle of our lessons on South Africa, especially made for grades three through five! Please note that each lesson is accompanied by a craft or activity which may involve varying degrees of prep. This product is perfect for schools that would like to present tPrice $31.00Original Price $38.50Save $7.50
This is an all-encompassing, growing bundle of our lessons on South Africa, especially made for grades K - 2!Please note that each lesson is accompanied by a craft or activity which may involve varying degrees of prep. This product is perfect for schools that would like to present topics on South AfPrice $24.00Original Price $31.00Save $7.00
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Introduce students to the Ndebele community of South Africa, and learn how this small community is famous for its beadwork, attire, and painted houses!
This product includes the following, all as Adobe files:
- An images file in a slideshow format with embedded lessons on each slide. Lessons explore the Ndebele community and the heritage they display in their arts and crafts. There is no printout needed.
- An art project with step-by-step instructions for making an Ndebele painted house, full of color and geometric patterns symbolizing secret codes only the community and painter really know.
- An optional lesson covering basic geometry terms that will be used by students in art project, such as shapes (lines, rectangles, squares, circles, and triangles), parallel lines, and isosceles triangles (where 2 sides are equal).
Materials needed to make one art piece include 1/2 a sheet of standard size white card stock, a sheet of brown or tan standard size card stock, construction paper for backing, markers in assorted colors, bark/pine straw collected from outside (alternatively, can use scrunched up strips cut from brown paper lunch bags), glue, and scissors. No printables are included and no rulers are needed - students will design their own Ndebele patterns on their homes without rulers or straight edges, just like the Ndebele have done.
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– A Former Assistant Superintendent at Atlanta Public Schools
“(The five-day program) has given our school the unique opportunity to provide students with incredible experiences that align so well with our IB focus. Each spring with family and community support, our school essentially is transformed into our country of study for one full week. Teachers are easily able to follow the daily curriculum and activities provided, and the students truly enjoy this special week of instruction. From the art projects to festive food tastings, cultural dress, music, dance and traditions, the students spend this entire week engaged in new and exciting experiences of a new country. I would encourage all schools (IB, or not) to jump in and make a week like this happen for their students. It is incredibly gratifying to spend this week with kids as they come together to learn and share experiences like these across grade levels, school-wide. When we hear such rich discussion in classrooms and read their detailed writing about what they've learned as part of (the) week, it makes all the preparation, planning and expense totally worth it!! “
– An International Baccalaureate Instructional Specialist at a local elementary school
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