African Textiles - Brooklyn Children's Museum

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Activities to do with your studentsACTIVITY 3:Create a Kente Cloth DesignGrades: 3-5Related ObjectsKente Strip Kente Scarf Kente CapStudents will hear an African folktale about kente cloth and then design their own kente cloth.Guiding Questions1. What is weaving?2. What other things do you know that are woven?3. Have you seen a loom before? Where?4. How is traditional kente cloth made?African Textiles | 18
Activities to do with your studentsMaterialsThe Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Clothby Margaret MusgrovePhotos of kente patternsArts of Ghana DVDKente Strip templates (to be prepared by teacher)8 “ x 11” white paperColored pencils or waterbase markersGlue or tapeWhat To Do1. As an introduction to the kente lesson, read The Spider Weaverto your students.2. Lead a discussion on how kente cloth is made. See if they canrecall what they saw in the video (you may want to play thechapter on kente cloth weaving again). Pass the kente strip andscarf around and encourage students to look closely at theirpatterns and to feel their textures.3. Tell students that they will be designing their own kente. Providestudent with kente strip templates, colored pencils or waterbasemarkers, glue, and plain sheet of paper (their blank cloth).4. Have students consult resources for models and then color intheir templates. Instruct students to tentatively place strips onthe large paper backing and consider their composition. Oncetheir design layout is complete have students glue or tape theirtemplates onto the blank piece of paper.5. When finished, have students write an identifying label for theircloth: “Kente is… It was designed by…” (It may be helpful to givethem the start of each sentence).6. Hang the “cloths” with labels in the classroom for the durationof the unit.African Textiles | 19
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