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Hughes, Eileen; Forbes, Sue – Childhood Education, 2005
This article reviews varied types of relationships that were formed when a kindergarten class embarked on a study of the Native Alaskan art of carving. The public school kindergarten classroom, located in Anchorage, Alaska, drew from a community with a high population of Hispanic, African American, and Native Alaskan families with different…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Folk Culture, Art Education, Teaching Methods