Native American Art Buffalo Hide Symbols Grade: 2 Objectives: Students will use symbols to convey meaning in their

artwork. Students will explore how ancient peoples used materials/techni ues to create art. Students will create their own pigments !rom natural materials. "aterials: #ook$$%he &ndian 'aintbrush( large brown construction paper( sharpies( pencils( symbol worksheets( )ative *merican symbol key( scratch paper( scissors( items to create pigments +chalks( charcoal( leaves( grass( !lowers( cornmeal( rocks( co!!ee beans,-( egg yolks( containers( brushes .ocabulary: symbol( )ative *merican( pigment( hide Standards: S/:01: 'O/2/ Select and use subject matter and/or symbols in his/her own artwork. S2:02:'O/22: 3escribe what tools( materials( and techni ues were used to create artwork !rom diverse cultures and times. S4:0/:'O/24 3iscuss reasons why people value art. 'rocedure: 5eek / 5e are going to be studying )ative *merican art this month. )ative *mericans are the !irst people to live in this land( be!ore white people came here. %hey lived here !or thousands o! years and had their own ideas about art. #ack in /162 when 0olumbus sailed to *merica( the white people at that time thought art was only drawing on paper and painting to hang on your wall or making a statue. %hese paintings had to look real or they didn7t think they were art. %he )ative *merican7s didn7t have paper or canvas to make paintings. %hey also didn7t have tubes o! paint that they could buy at a store. 5hat do you think they painted on8 5here did they get their colors !rom8 599: / ;ead %he <egend o! the &ndian 'aintbrush. #e sure to point out the symbols he uses !or his artwork. %he boy sometimes !elt jealous o! the warriors riding out( but the shaman told him that his gi!t was special. 5hy is making art important8

So what did the boy paint on8 5hat did he use !or paints8

5e are going to be creating our own art on hides. =ides are actually the skins o! dead animals or leather. Since & don7t have that much leather( we are going to be making paper that looks like leather instead.

/. %ake a piece o! brown construction paper and crinkle it up multiple times so it gets a leather look. 2. 3raw a shape that looks like a hide and tear or cut it out. 4. 'ut your name on the back. 1. 'ut a border around the edge. 599: 2 %he )ative *mericans had very di!!erent ideas about art. %hey painted things that told stories. %hey painted bowls and shields and rocks. %hey even made paintings out o! sand on the ground. %hey didn7t paint things that looked ;9*<. %hey used symbols. Symbols are simple pictures that stand !or something. 3o symbol worksheet as a table. %hen call on people !rom each table to tell what those symbols mean. 9xplain that o!ten !amilies or clans had a symbol or name. 5e are going to choose a symbol to represent our class. Students may choose their class symbol. =and out hides. >. 3raw a symbol that represents your class. ?. 3raw a symbol that represents you$$boy or girl. @. 3raw a symbol that tells how many people are in your !amily. A. %race over your symbols with a sharpie. 599: 4 <ike the boy !rom %he &ndian 'aintbrush( talk about how colors were mixed !rom plants( rocks( minerals or !oods. =and out a variety o! items like chalk( sand( clay( leaves( !lowers( cornmeal( charcoal( berries,etc. and explain that we are going to use these natural substances to make our own paints today. %hese things are going to be our pigments or color. %hen we are going to add 9GG to make them stick together.

Birst crush the items up in small containers. %hen add a small amount o! egg. Cse these paints to add color to your symbols. #e!ore throwing out the paint( make a chart and label what items made what colors. 5ash the brushes and containers out well.