Geometry in Native American ArtNarrated Listening Lesson

ESL 506 Wilkes University

Presented by

Coleen McGuire

By PresenterMedia.com

• Heptagon

• Square • Octagon

•New VocabularyGeometric Shapes

• Nonagon

• Geometric Shapes Vocabulary

• Decagon • Hexagon

• Rectangle• Pentagon

• Word Bank

Identify Shape and Number of Sides

• Bell Ringer

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Hexagon Octagon

Heptagon

Hexagon

Nonagon Heptagon

Decagon

Decagon

NonagonSquare

•Lesson Introduction

Student Discussion – What do you know about Native Americans?

http://www.vectors4all.net/free-vectors-download/indian

http://www.vector-clip-art.com/2011/02/free-native-american-clipart-020611.html

http://www.canstockphoto.com/thanksgiving-pilgrims-and-indian-couple-4770414.html

http://www.canstockphoto.com/native-american-indian-chief-mascot-13389503.html

Questions for discussion:

Who are Native Americans?

How did Native Americans dress?

What else do you know about Native Americans?

• First living in North America

• Many cultures (Tribes/Nations)

• Food gatherers, hunters, crop growers

• Spiritual – nature is gift from the “Great Spirit”

• Each tribe had its own culture and Art

• Native American Art - shows love of beauty and nature

• Examples of designs: decorating clothes, masks, paintings and jewelry

• Rugs and blankets – beautiful, geometric shapes

• Used geometric designs to show what was in their hearts

•Native Americans

Historical and Cultural Background

• Native American ArtGeometric Design

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Native-American-Borders-Machine-Embroidery-Designs-Set-/170520210018

http://www.pic2fly.com/Native+American+Geometric+Design+Patterns.html

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-95793289/stock-vector-seamless-geometric-pattern-in-native-american-style.html

http://www.123rf.com/photo_15534136_ethnic-textile-seamless-pattern-with-traditional-ornamental-motifs.html

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2289905700_5968824358.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Pieter_Both,_mountain.jpg

https://www.google.com/search?q=Native+american+textile&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&saQsAQ&biw=1536&bih=747=X&ei=AL9IU7_dHajk0gHt1oHwAQ&ved=0CCU

http://animal-learn.wikispaces.com/Bald+Eagle

http://frugalandthriving.com.au/

www.davidicke.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/universe/sights/stars/

How the Chipmunk Got Its StripesA Legend of the Iroquois (Iroquois, n.d.)

http://www.wallcoo.net/animal/chipmunks_wallpapers/wallpapers/1280x800/backyard_chipmunk_picture_460614843_3d96c9984e_o.html

http://cpaws-ov-vo.org/campaigns/heritage

http://www.kidsinthecapital.ca/tag/parc-omega/

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/raccoon/

http://www.defenders.org/grizzly-bear/basic-facts

http://foundwalls.com/forest-tree-sun-ray-light-spruce/

Vocabulary

Wolf Chipmunk

Deer Bear

Raccoon Forest

• Who? • Chipmunk, Bear, Raccoon, Deer and Wolf

• What? • Animals had a meeting whether to keep day or night

• GIST Activity (Herrell & Jordan, 2012)

How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes

• When?

• Where?

• Why?

• Night time

• On the mountaintop in the forest

• Because the Bear wanted dark

• GIST Activity continued

On the mountaintop, the forest animals met and agreed

with the bear that it should be dark all of the time.

Summary Sentence

•GIST Activity - Students• Using white boards on your desks,

answer the five wh- questions and write your Sentence. Share sentences with the class.

• Closure

• Students will complete a short quiz on the story and complete their KWL charts.

References

Iroquois (n.d.). How the chipmunk got its stripes. Retrieved from

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/lancet/fifth_grade/chipmunks5th.pdf

Herrell, A. L., & Jordan M. L. (2012). Fifty strategies for teaching English

language learners (4th Edition). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.