Mini Art LessonTuesday, July 21, 2020This Mini Art Lesson honors Native American history and culture

Mini Art LessonTuesday, July 21, 2020This Mini Art Lesson honors Native American history and culture through the work of the Kwakwaka'wakw, the Indigenous peoples to the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States. This Baleen Whale Mask was worn to tell the story explaining why whales live deep in the ocean, and involved a very strong, persistent whale character. For this lesson, let’s engage in pretend play with kids ages 2–6 and popsicle puppet crafting for kids ages 7 and up. FOR AGES 2–6: LET’S PLAYThis mask was likely worn over the length of a Kwakwaka’wakw chief’s back, covering his entire body. In the spirit of this, we will be creating a story chain to go the length of your child’s back.Step 1: Talk to your child about their favorite story. For this lesson, Chloe chose Dear Girl by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jason Rosenthal, and her younger brother Davis chose Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson. Step 2: Discuss the main events within the story and have your child retell them by drawing individual scenes. Step 3: Work to put the drawings in chronological order of events within the story. Then, tape the story together in that order. Step 4: Have your child wear the chain of drawings along the length of their back and retell the story back to them using their pictures as a visual. Step 5: Thank you so much to Maria, Chloe, and Davis! We hope you enjoy your stories and artworks as much as we did. FOR AGES 7+:LET’S CREATEStep 1: Think of a story that is important in your life. Do you have a favorite book? Or a story from your family? For our lesson, we’ll be using the Kwakwaka'wakw origin story.Step 2: Make a list of all the characters in that story.Step 3: Sketch out what these characters look like on paper. Then, color them in.Step 4: Cut out your drawings so that each character is on its own piece of paper.Step 5: Now, take a new piece of paper and roll it up. Tape the paper so that it stays rolled up. If you have popsicle sticks or cardboard, you can use this instead to create sticks for your puppets.Step 6: Tape your paper or sticks to the back of your characters.Step 7: Now you can have a puppet show and tell your story! Posted by Tamar MacKay and Noé GaytánPhotos from top: Kwakwaka'wakw. Baleen Whale Mask, 19th century. Cedar wood, hide, cotton cord, nails, pigment). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1908, Museum Collection Fund, 08.491.8901. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)⁠; For ages 2–6 (Photos: Maria Leto, Brooklyn Museum For ages 7+: (Photos: Noé Gaytán, Brooklyn Museum) -- source link

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