Tuesday, January 4, 2011

2nd Grade Kente Cloth


In January I start art projects for Black History Month.  Today my 2nd graders were introduced to kente cloth from Ghana.  After viewing some of the cloth, they created their own with oil pastels and construction paper.  We talked about the importance of color and pattern in our designs.



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