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Around the World
This set was created to supplement a first grade interdisciplinary museum unit entitled "Around the World." In this unit students take a virtual trip around the world, visiting a different continent each week. Use this set with students to compare, contrast, and evaluate works of art from around the world. Invite students to showcase their learning by creating a classroom museum of student created exhibits based on the objects presented in this set.
Unit Essential Questions:
- How can we use objects and primary sources to explore where we live and the world around us?
- How are cultures alike and different?
- How can we use our 5 senses to explore the world around us?
At the end of this unit and through the use of this art set students will understand that:
- the world is made up of regions that are very different from each other in terms of climate, geography, and culture.
- primary sources and objects help us to explore the world around us.
Students will be able to:
- compare and contrast different cultures
This set addresses the following Florida Sunshine State Standards:
- SS.B.2.1.1- Student identifies some physical and human characteristics of places
- SS.A.1.1.1- Student compares everyday life in different places and times and understands that people, places, and things change over time
- SS.B.1.1.2- Student uses simple maps, globes, and other three-dimensional models to identify and locate places
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Map of the World
This map was made 300 hundred years ago. Does this map look different than maps you see today? What is the same? What is different?
Artist: Karel Allard ; after Jacob De Wit
Date: c. 1710
Medium: Prints, Print
Size: 19 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (50.55 x 59.06 cm) (plate)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: P.14,633
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Let's see if we can name the seven continents using this map. Do you remember them all?
Then, let's take a trip around the world by looking at art from the seven continents.
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Seminole Patchwork Apron and Doll
These dolls show Seminole Indian patchwork.
Seminole Indians in North America use long strips of colorful fabric to create patchwork designs on their clothing.
New patterns are created all the time.
Can you create your own patchwork design like the Seminole Indians?
For more information on the Seminole Indians go to www.seminoletribe.com.
References
The Seminole Tribe of Florida (2012). Seminole Clothing. Retrieved from http://www.semtribe.com/Culture/SeminoleClothing.aspx.
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Bowl
This bowl was created in Peru, South America about 2,000 years ago. The artist that created this added decoration on the outside.
What do you think this bowl was used for?
Artist: Artist Unknown (Nazca)
Date: 100 B.C.-A.D. 600
Medium: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic
Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (13.97 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 42.61.13
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Man's cloth
Kente cloth is a colorful patterned fabric made by the Ashanti people of Ghana, Africa. It is made of strips of silk, rayon, or cotton which are sewn together.
Kente cloth is considered special by the Ashanti and is worn for important occasions.
What do you wear on special occasions?
References
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (2006). Asante Kente Cloth. Retrieved from http://artsmia.org/education/teacher-resources/objectinfocus.cfm?v=69.
Artist: Artist Unknown (Asante, Akan)
Date: 20th century
Medium: Textiles, Textile-Woven Fabric
Size: 108 1/4 x 84 3/8 in. (274.96 x 214.31 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2005.71.6
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Kente Cloth Weaving Demonstration
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Asante Kente Cloth: Teaching the Arts
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Windmills have graced Holland's countryside for centuries. They can be found in a variety of shapes and sizes and are used for milling grain, pumping water, threshing, and sawing.
Can you find Holland or The Netherlands on the map? It is on the continent of Europe.
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"Windmill" still bank
This windmill bank was made in The Netherlands.
Artist: Artist Unknown (The Netherlands)
Date: c. 1930
Medium: Dolls, Toys and Games
Size: 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. (8.26 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2003.236.12a,b
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Delftware Ceramic Tiles
Delftware is a blue and white tin-glazed pottery that started in The Netherlands in the 1600's in the town of Delft. Artists sometimes use traditional images, like people, windmills, farmhouses, flowers, and animals.
Read Katie the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle. This book includes illustartions with delft tiles.
Check out the Rijksmuseum for more information: http://www.rijksmuseum.nl.
References
Rijksmuseum (n.d.). Delftware. Retrieved from http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_encyclopedia/00046843?lang=en.
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Dragon, from a set of zodiac figures
Dragons are a symbols of power, wealth, and good luck. This dragon was made in China hundreds of years ago.
Dragons are often a part of Chinese New Year parades and festivals. Large cloth colorful dragons are carried by people in parades.
Artist: Artist Unknown (China)
Date: 14th century
Medium: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic
Size: H.5-3/16 x W.6-1/8 x D.2-3/8 in.
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 99.178.3.11
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Chinese New Year Parade 2012 in Washington, DC
Read The Last Dragon by Chris Soenpiet to learn more about Chinese New Year and Chinese/Asian-American Communities.
Look closely at the illustrations in this book. How is the dragon in this picture like the dragon that Peter Chang finds in Chinatown? How is it different?
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Feather Box
This Feather Box is from New Zealand which is part of the continent of Australia.
This box was used to store valuables or important objects. Sometimes they were used to store ornaments made of feathers.
Where do you put the objects that are important to you?
References
British Museum (n.d.). Feather Boxes. Retrieved from http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/f/feather_boxes.aspx.
Artist: Artist Unknown (Maori)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Woodwork
Size: 4-1/2 x 4-1/4 x 17 in. (11.4 x 10.8 x 43.2 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2001.130.1a,b
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Striated Berg, Neumayer Channel, Antarctica
Antarctica is sometimes called "the frozen continent." It is also the "world's highest, driest, coldest, and windiest continent."
References
Royal Geographic Society (n.d.). Discovering Antarctica. Retrieved from http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/index.php.
Artist: Stuart D. Klipper
Date: 1987
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 4 x 12 7/8 in. (10.16 x 32.7 cm) (image)10 7/16 x 13 15/16 in. (26.51 x 35.4 cm) (sheet)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 91.103.1
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Gentoo Penguins, Antarctic Peninsula
After watching that video, can you imagine how cold Antarctica is?
Many scientists visit Antarctica to learn about this continent and the animals that live there.
What would you pack if you visited Antarctica?
References
Royal Geographic Society (n.d.).
Discovering Antarctica. Retrieved from http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/index.php.
Artist: Stuart D. Klipper
Date: 1987
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 11 7/8 x 38 1/8 in. (30.16 x 96.84 cm) (image)15 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (40.32 x 112.08 cm) (sheet)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 99.203.18
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Arts Integration Ideas
- Create a Seminole patchwork doll
- Make a woven paper Kente Cloth
- Paint a windmill in the style of delftware tiles
- Try making a Chinese dragon, folding paper to make the body
- Use modeling clay to create a jar with a rounded bottom and like the bowl from Peru. Allow students to decorate the outside with paint.
- Create a classroom museum and fill it with objects inspired by this artistic journey around the world.
