Folklife Resources for Educators
Sponsoring Organization Information
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield, IL 62703 (217) 782-7475
Double Exposure Lesson Plan: Eye on Your Community
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/dd_comm.pdf
Lesson plan geared to grades 3-7 for helping students learn how to use a camera to document people, places, and things that make up their neighborhood or school. Addresses the Illinois State Board of Education Goals and Standards for art and the tools, techniques, and processes used to create specific effects in the arts. (2 p. PDF)
| Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies |
| Resource Type: Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Photography; Community life; Neighborhoods; Fieldwork (Educational method)
Geographic locations: [No specific location] |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Heartfelt/Handmade Activity: Hand-Molded Pottery
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/hh_pottery.pdf
Pottery-making activity, geared to K-12 grade levels, with accompanying resources and images of 19th century folk art from the Illinois State Museum website. Introduces students to hand-molded and decorated pottery and folk art of the kind that was made before the age of electric equipment. Addresses Illinois Board of Education Goals and Standards for Art. (2 p. PDF)
| Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Activities; Primary sources |
Language: English |
Subjects: Crafts; Folk art; Pottery
Geographic locations: [No specific location] |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Be a Quilt Detective
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/ks_detect.pdf
Research activity with accompanying resources, geared to grades 6-10, for uncovering history recorded in handmade objects by researching quilt patterns, fabrics, and colors. Site includes links to Illinois State Museum quilt collections. Addresses the Illinois State Board of Education Goals and Standards for artistic expressions of culture and analyzing and classifying art by style, period, and culture. (3 p. PDF)
| Grade Level: 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Textile fabrics; Crafts; Quilting; Quiltmakers; Quilts; Decorative arts
Geographic locations: [No specific location] |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Interviewing a Quilter
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/ks_interview.pdf
Activity for students to help them understand the process of quilting by interviewing a quilter in a classroom setting. Guidelines offer suggestions for preparing interview questions, taking notes during the interview, and documenting what is learned from the experience. Site includes links to Illinois State Museum quilt collections. Activity addresses Illinois State Board of Education Goals and Standards for how the arts function in history, society, and everyday life. (2 p. PDF)
| Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Activities; Primary sources |
Language: English |
Subjects: Decorative arts; Quilting; Quiltmakers; Interviewing; Inquiry-based learning; Needlework
Geographic locations: [No specific location] |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Natural Dyes from Plants Lesson
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/dye_plants.pdf
Lesson plan for grade levels 4-12 to learn about how fabric dyes were made from natural substances such as onion skins, walnuts, bark, and flowers by Native Americans and early European settlers. Includes guidelines for preparing natural dyes and dyeing fibers or fabrics. Additional background information is provided to help students understand how dyeing traditions express aspects of culture that may change when different peoples come into contact with each other. Addresses Illinois State Board of Education Goals and Standards for History, Social Science, and the Visual Arts. (10 p. PDF)
| Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies |
| Resource Type: Activities; Lesson plans |
Language: English |
Subjects: Dyes and dyeing; Indians of North America; European Americans; Textile fabrics; Ethnobotany
Geographic locations: United States; Europe |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Plum Stone Dice Game
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/re_dice.pdf
Activity geared to students in grades 4-8 in which they learn some background about the Native American plum stone dice game and also the rules for playing it. Addresses the Illinois State Board of Education Goals and Standards. (3 p. PDF)
| Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; Sports and Recreation |
| Resource Type: Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Games; Indians of North America; Recreation
Geographic locations: United States |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
Prairie Activity: Prairie Quilt
by Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/pdfs/pr_quilt.pdf
K-8 unit on prairie life and quilting that introduces students to the prairie, including fauna, flora, land forms, settlement, and cultural life, linking it to its representation in traditional quilt patterns. Students are guided in using digital cameras to document images of the prairie that can be used in quilt blocks. Unit addresses Illinois Board of Education Goals and Standards in the Arts. (2 p.PDF)
| Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Decorative arts; Illinois--Social life and customs; Quilts; Quilting; Prairie; Needlework
Geographic locations: [No specific location]; Illinois |
Sponsoring Organization:
MuseumLink Illinois
1011 East Ash Street
Springfield IL 62703
(217) 782-7475
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/
Other Organizations:
Illinois State Museum
502 South Spring Street
Springfield IL 62706-5000
(217) 782-7386
http://www.museum.state.il.us/
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