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Creating your own rock art
In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.4
Students will use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They will also use a replica of a vandalized rock art panel to examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Mending pottery
In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.9
Students will mend broken pottery to learn what archaeologists learn by mending pottery.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Pottery traditions
In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.5
Students will learn how Indian people of North Carolina made and used coiled pottery, summarize why archaeologists study pottery, and make and decorate a replica of a North Carolina coiled pot.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Rock art
In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4, 6, and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)