Navajo Sand Art
Grade
Level:
4th Grade
Objectives:
The students will investigate Navajo
culture, their sand art’s use of symbols, the importance of color, and Navajo
traditional healing rituals.
The students will design 10 symbols
based on our inquiry into symbols and Navajo sand art that will have a special
meaning for them as healing symbols.
The students will create their own sand
art using a few or all of the symbols they designed to make an artwork that
represent their “healing artwork”.
Materials
Needed:
·
Paper
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Pencils
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Glue
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Colored sand
·
Images of Navajo
sand art
Procedure:
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Lead the class in
a discussion about symbols, what they are, how they are used, and what a symbol
can be
·
Lead the class in
a discussion about colors, what they can represent and why
·
Demonstrate a few
symbols
·
Introduce Navajo
sand art’s use of symbols and colors
·
Have the students
design 10 of their own symbols and assign their own meaning to different colors
·
Demonstrate how
to put a design on paper, spread glue, and apply sand to the glued surface to
create sand art
·
Allow the
students to design their sand art and give them glue and colored sand once
their design is complete
Assessment:
·
Does the class
show an understanding of symbols and their different meanings?
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Did the student show
thought in their creation of symbols?
·
Did the student
make color choices based on meanings they prescribed?
·
Does the
student’s artwork reflect their idea of healing?
Vocabulary:
Culture, design, symbol, tribe, nation,
ceremony, ritual
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