THE ART OF JEWELRY

Objective

 After learning the different characteristics of the tribe's styles,
the students will create representation of the jewelry.

Materials Needed

shells, metal discs,  beads
colored paper
hole puncher
yarn or silver cord
cardboard
glue
reference books of jewelry
different shapes and sizes of pasta
book marked web sites
desktop publishing
 

Procedure

1. Provide the reference books and book marked Web sites for the students to read and find information on the different characteristics of the tribe's style of jewelry. 

Visit these sites Lewis and Clark , Indian Settlements and California History to learn more about Native Americans in the USA

2.   Background Information:
       Iroquois style:  brooches, bracelets, and earrings made from silver
                 Coins with stamped ingots of traditional designs
  Seminole style: string of small beads to wear around the neck
  Pueblo style:  silver and turquoise
  Sioux style:  medallions made of beads in symbolic colors, trimmed with more beads and shells

3. Students can make bracelets and necklaces by:
a. using a piece of yarn or silver cord string shells, metal discs
b. string pieces of colored paper with hole in the middle
c. string a medallion, that could be made of cardboard circles with Indian symbols
d. string dyed pasta that becomes very attractive

4. Directions to dye macaroni:
You will need: 1 quart jar with lid
   4 bottles of alcohol (1 bottle for each color used)
   4 bottles of food coloring (red, yellow, blue, green)
   pasta in all sizes and shapes suitable for stringing
   stacks of newspaper
a. pour one bottle of coloring into bottle of alcohol and mix well
b. fill the quart jar to the top with pasta
c. pour the alcohol-food color mixture over the pasta
d. place the lid on the jar and tighten
e. shake the jar up and down for about 5 minutes until pasta has a brilliant color
f. open and drain off the liquid into another container, save the dye for another batch
g. pour the pasta over the newspapers and let dry

      5.  Students can wear their jewelry as part of their outfits for the play, "A Native American Welcome."

Evaluation

 Using desktop publishing, students will write a sequence of events of how they created their jewelry.

Extension Activity

• Create A Native American Word Search
• Use following words: Iroquois, Sioux, Seminole, Pueblo, mask, corn, medicine pipe, medicine mane, hunting, farming, squash, longhouse, teepee, chickee,
• Have students use the spreadsheet application in any software to complete a Native American Word Search
• Print out Word Searches and have other students complete them
• Students can also log onto Puzzlemaker and create their own puzzles online and print them out

Homework

Students will complete the story of the Pipe Thief Story Starter.