Students will work on an individual PowerPoint presentation

(See AfricanArt.pdf.)

1) Students will extend their investigation by

gathering information about the tribe who created

their piece of art.

Here are some good sites to research the tribes:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people.html  

http://www.kcls.org/hh/africantribes.cfm  

2) They will include a map of Africa and include a

description of the country and region in Africa they

are referencing in their presentation. They can use

www.google.com  and click on Images before typing in

the name of the image. Downloading is as easy as

dragging the image into the PowerPoint presentation

slide.

3) Presentations will be shown to the class.  Teacher can

evaluate student work using this rubric.

**Student work samples:

Zulu Beadwork

Ashante Headrest

Djembe Drum             

EXTENSION ACTIVITY: AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR CONNECTION

Background info: Scholastic: Chris Van Allsburg's Biography
http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/
authorhome.jhtml?authorID=95&collateralID=5295&displayName=Biography

 I also like the quote on this page:

http://www.eduplace.com/author/vanallsburg/

Chris Van Allsberg always draws the pictures before he

writes the story. Now that the students know about the

piece by researching it on the Internet, they can

extend it by using the object as the focus of a story.

Students can include the elements of

characterization, setting, plot and movement through

time.