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Art Around the Ancient World

How to Make Tangrams for a Felt Board

For our Ancient China lesson we told Chinese Folktales using Tangrams.  If you’re looking for a book for telling Tangram stories I recommend you get started with Tangram…

Geography Through Living Stories

I hope you have been following along this year with my Art Around the Ancient World Series. With my co-op class I did a full…

Art Lesson for Legend of the Persian Carpet

This was a simple and easy art lesson for The Legend of the Persian Carpet by Tomie dePaola. The kids liked it and it can be done easily…

Ancient Egypt Art Lesson #1: Text as Texture

Oh my, how I loved the way this project turned out! I had such fun teaching the co-op students something a little new. And for…

Greek Mythology Masks- Minoan Study

As we studied the art of Minoan and Mycenaean cultures, we read a little Greek mythology too. Masks and bulls seemed to dominate the study. For the…