Grades K-2: Faces of the North

Program Flyer: Faces of the North
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New York State Historical Association and The Farmers' Museum
Sarah Loveland
s.loveland@nysha.org
5798 State HWY 80
Cooperstown, NY 13326
United States
Phone: (607) 547-1414

In a videoconference program with educators at New York State Historical Association, students will explore Native American art at Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY. They will learn about the environment, animals, and Native Americans of Alaska and the arctic, understand native customs and traditions and how they are connected to the natural environment, and learn how humans use natural resources that are around them.

Students will be welcomed by a museum educator. He/she will introduce Fenimore Art Museum through photographson the document camera. The museum teacher will read the students a story about the Yup’ik Indians of Alaska to the students, showing them actual pictures of the animals represented in the book along the way, projected on a large screen in the auditorium. They will then look at our Yup’ik masks from the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art. Students will be asked to look at and identify natural materials such as feather, fur, and wood, and also to look for shapes that represent objects found in nature. Students will then make masks using materials sent to the classroom before the lesson, as well as materials supplied by the school, using what they have learned during the program.

45 minutes

This program is available by request/on demand ONLY
By Request/On Demand Cost: $100.00

Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge

We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature i.e. snow days. The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice.

Schools should have video conferencing equipment to view and speak with the host.In most cases we try to connect to your location for best reliability.
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