A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Michigan State University Bulletin Office
PO Box 231
East Lansing, MI 48824 517/355-0240

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Folkpatterns Leader's Guide: A Cultural Heritage Program
by Michigan State University
52 pp. book + other publications, 1985-1991, $12.00; $3.00
Subjects: Folk Arts and Material Culture; Documentation and Field Research; Family Celebrations and Traditions; Foodways; Farming and Gardening;
Locations: Michigan;

http://museum.msu.edu/s-program/folkpatterns/index.html

Folkpatterns is a cultural heritage program for children that encourages them to explore and document historical and traditional patterns in their own lives, their families and their communities such as games, stories, foods, family lore, art, celebrations, architecture, songs, dance, and more. This revised guide and activity pack is helpful for teachers as well as 4-H leaders. Focuses on involving students with tradition bearers and teaching documentation skills. Other bulletins are available for $3.00 including "Foodways: A 4-H Folkpatterns Project (#4-H 1329," 1985; and "Heritage Gardening: Vegetables (#4-H 1279), n.d., which includes suggested activities to involve children in gardening projects.

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Michigan State University Bulletin Office
PO Box 231
East Lansing, MI 48824
517/355-0240