Jan. 13, 2010: Native American Art

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. Draw a large pottery jar on a piece of paper. Decorate it with pictures that show life today.

2. Use newspaper pictures to make a poster showing popular foods today.

3. In newspaper ads, circle clothing and articles made of natural products such as wood, leather and plant products.

4. Which of the Native American culture areas featured tribes that (a) traveled, (b) lived in settled communities, (c) used animals in art, and (d) grew crops?

5. Use the Internet to learn more about one of the Native American culture areas in this issue of The Mini Page. What tribes lived there? What was the estimated population for the area? Are there active Indian communities today?

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures. (Art)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)