3 sessions; 35 minutes per session

SWBAT define the 3 meanings of Pueblo
-South Western American Indian tribe
-adobe clay home or building
-town

SWBAT define form

SWBAT will create a 3 dimensional Pueblo home model demonstrating pinch-pot techniques

SWBAT collaborate with classmates to create a Pueblo/town using their finished individual pueblos

1.red low fire clay (in the past I have also used a gray clay and then glazed on day 2)

2.wooden boards for clay to be worked on

3. clay tools (plastic knifes to cut out doors)

4. name tags

5. water dish (with water)

If you use white low fire you will need some kind of glaze or underglaze of your choice. Watercolor in brown or red may look nice too.

6. brown pipecleaners

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Day 1
1. roll clay into a ball

2. form into pinch pot

3. form a flat roof by gently tapping bottom of pinch pot onto board

4. insert two or three fingers inside of the pinch pot and repeat step 3 on each side of pot to create flat walls (you want to have roundish corners but flat sides)

5. flip pot over so opening is now the underneath

6. draw door with knife or clay tool and cut out

7. insert knife and gently turn wrist to create small circular windows in the walls

8. use extra clay to make any "wooden cross beams" for the roof. I use "scratch attach" system. scratch clay surface and piece you want to attach, add a little water, and stick on.

9. carve any details like a ladder, or designs around windows and doors.

Day 2
(if you are glazing or painting do so here. otherwise red clay does not need any surface decoration)

Day 3
(this will be day 2 if you don't glaze)
create ladders out of pipe cleaners
(not every house will need a ladder in the end)
1. give each child two brown pipe cleaners

2. cut 1st pipe cleaner in half

3. cut 2nd pipe cleaner in quarters

4. attach quarter pieces in between two long half pieces by wrapping ends around

5. assemble pueblos into "town" by stacking and adding some ladders

I am not required to give grades for my elementary students and so I do not always fill out a rubric. I usually do a round of Exit Questions at the end of class when we are lining up as a review. These are my objectives in question form.

Name one of the three meanings for Pueblo?

Where did the Pueblo American Indians live?

What materials did they make their homes from?

What is form?

A nice presentation and website made by elementary students (a little scratchy but cute kid voice): http://www.eram.k12.ny.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=45464..

My student's love this lesson. They look forward to clay all year long and learning about the American Indians is one of their favorite subjects. It is a short sweet lesson. You can get the clay piece out of the way in one lesson so that there is no storage necessary.

[K-4] Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner

[K-4] Students describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses

[K-4] Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas

[K-4] Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures

[K-4] Students identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum

Indigenous American Art

Form

Architecture, Ceramics

Geography, History/Social Studies