ERIC Number: ED388568
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 75
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Time and Tradition. Amana Community Schools Folklife Program.
Trumpold, Caroline; Kellenberger, Gordon
This Amana (Iowa) Folklife Curriculum has been planned as an easily-implemented sequence of activities comparing community and family folklife traditions with current practices. The K-5 activities are planned to coincide with holidays in the regular school calendar whenever possible. All activities compare and contrast present-day practices with those of grand-parents and great-grandparents or elderly friends. The 6-12 curriculum provides for the integration of specific units into the school's general course offerings. Lessons may be adapted as appropriate. The Grades K-5 Activity-Based Topics include: (1) "School Life"; (2) "Traditional Foods and Recipes"; (3) "Family Christmas Traditions"; (4) "Music and Other Holiday Traditions"; and (5) "Folk Arts/Crafts." The Middle School/Secondary Subject Area Topics provide lessons for the following areas: (1) "Industrial Arts (woodworking, tinsmithing)"; (2) "Home Economics (sewing/quilting, family life, foodways)"; (3) "Visual Arts (traditional Amana Folk Arts, calico textile printing, basketmaking, carpet weaving)"; (4) "Foreign Language--German (oral traditions, landmarks)"; (5) "Social Studies (history, government, economics)"; (6) "Language Arts (writing, literature)"; (7) "Math (folk math)"; (8) "Science (weather beliefs, planting signs, folk medicine)"; and (9) "Music (vocal, instrumental)." Information on a teacher orientation workshop, resource letter and questionnaire, and a bibliography are provided. (EH)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Traits, Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture, Heritage Education, Oral Tradition, Social Studies
Amana Arts Guild, P.O. Box 114, Amana, IA 52203 ($10).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.; Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines.
Authoring Institution: Amana Community Schools, IA.; Amana Arts Guild, IA.
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