Nov. 23, 2005: John James Audubon

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Activities:

1. Make a set of "Let's Talk Turkey" fact cards. Draw a turkey on one side of a 3-by-5-inch card. Write a fact about wild or domestic turkeys on the other side. Share your cards with friends and family members.

2. Use words, photos and art of different birds from the newspaper to make a "Feathered Friends" collage. Include wild and domestic birds in your collage.

3. Divide a piece of paper into two columns. Label the first column "Alike" and the second "Different." Now list ways wild and domestic turkeys are the same under the first column. List ways they are different under the second.

4. How do wild turkeys use each of these: (a) trees, (b) insects, (c) feathers, (d) plants and (e) small reptiles?

5. What kind of man was Audubon? Make a list of the skills and personal qualities he had to have in order to succeed as an artist. Now use your list to write a paragraph describing the man.

This week's standards:

• Students understand the characteristics of animals. (Science: Life Science)
• Students understand how an artist¹s experiences influence the development of specific artworks. (Visual Arts)
• Students identify works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places.
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)