Chapter 32: The Opened West

Activities for this chapter:

• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe:

Northwest Coast art and architecture:

• Northwest Coast Formline Design educator resource, very useful: http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/sites/default/files/Sealaska%20Heritage%20Formline%20Art%20Kit%20ONLINE%20low%20res.pdf

• Canadian Museum of History, Haida art: http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/haida/haindexe.shtml#menu

http://artcuratorforkids.com/northwest-coast-indians/

http://www.nativeamericanactivities.com

http://www.4culture.org/2013/02/haida-art-instruction-book-lets-draw-a-wolf/

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitLo.do?method=preview&lang=EN&id=9361

https://fhartresources.wikispaces.com/file/view/How+to+Draw+Ovoids.pdf

http://www.ravenpublishing.com/designs.htm

• formline art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formline_art


• educator resources on Coast Salish art: http://uvac.uvic.ca/gallery/salishcurriculum/, http://classrooms.tacoma.k12.wa.us/ses/mr-potts-3rd-grade/coast-salish-art-resources

• experiment with solar food drying--line a cardboard tray with foil and/or parchment paper, cover with cheesecloth or mosquito netting, and dry apple slices, grapes, figs: http://www.backwoodshome.com/solar-food-drying/, http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/drying/sun-drying-food-techniques-zmaz75jazgoe.aspx, http://www.gardenguides.com/103708-dry-corn-cob-next-years-seeds.html, https://kenelwood.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/drying-indian-cor/

What we did:

Our formline drawings: