African Textiles - Brooklyn Children's Museum

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Activities to do with your studentsACTIVITY 2African Textile Making Video & JournalGrades: AllRelated ObjectsKente ScarfCloth NapkinWax ResistDyed ClothAdire WrappingClothAdinkra ClothSenegal Cloth“7-Up” ClothStudents watch a video on African textile making traditions and create their own album of imagesand impressions about the textiles in the case.Guiding Questions:1. How do you think the textiles were made? What do you see that makes you think that?2. How do you think the textiles are used? What do you see that makes you say that?African Textiles | 16
Activities to do with your studentsMaterialsWorld MapArts of Ghana DVDWhat Can Objects Tell Me? worksheetConstruction paperStaplerScissors (safety scissors for special needs students)Glue or tapeBooks and magazines on African cultureComputer w/printerPencilsWhat To Do1. Review your students’ impressions of the textiles from thecase (have them refer to their What Can Objects Tell Me?worksheet). Ask them to consider how they think the textileswere made and used. Write their impressions on the board.2. Play the DVD (show Weaving and Adinkra chapters). Introducethe video by explaining that they are going to watch a videoabout people in Africa who make fabrics like the ones they werejust looking at.3. After the video, invite students to add any additional impressionsor comments about the fabrics to the list on the board.4. Tell students that they will be creating their own “African TextilePicture Books.” Hand students two or three pieces of constructionpaper. Demonstrate how to fold the paper in half and staple it tomake a book.5. Instruct students that these books will be used as a journalthroughout the unit to record their impressions of Africantextiles. Direct students to draw images, use magazine pictures,make copies of pictures in books, or use the Internet as aresource. Encourage them to use pictures that include peoplewearing and making African textiles.African Textiles | 17
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