During the months of January and February, please showcase some MLK/ African American Heritage Month programming/displays at your location. Feel free to post your fabulous ideas here for others to see.
Patchwork Freedom Quilt (BHM) http://page.reallygoodstuff.com/pdfs/154227.pdf https://colorsofmyday.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/4th-and-5th-grade-freedom-quilts/ • Crafters can read the attached handout to learn about the symbolic meaning behind each patch design. • Then, they can select one or more patches (at your discretion, depending on time and resources), and color them. Try to use all of the patches at least once so the quilt can be diverse. • Be sure to emphasize to them the colors of Africa and their meanings: Red – blood shed for freedom; power Green – abundance, growth, vegetation, renewal Black – the people, the nation Yellow – prosperity, wealth, high worth, royalty Purple – royalty Blue – peace, togetherness, harmony • Lay out a large sheet of black butcher paper. • Crafters can glue their patches to the butcher paper background. • Encourage them to leave some space between the patches; you want to see the black base.
Linking Hands Unity Wreath (MLK) http://www.mpmschoolsupplies.com/ideas/2617/peace-wreath-for-black-history-month • The easiest way to create the handprints is to secure construction paper in neutral/multicultural shades. Look for peach, goldenrod, standard brown, and a reddish/sienna. • Have crafters trace 3 handprints in each color. • Lay them in a circle so that they form a wreath shape. You can also use a paper plate with the middle removed and paint it a neutral brown or green. • Apply glue to the heels of each handprint and glue together. • Use raffia, burlap, or some other natural material to make a bow.
My Dream in Black and White (MLK) http://sweetkindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/01/snowmen-part-1.html • Take a light colored piece of construction paper and hold it horizontally. • Fold the two ends evenly so that they join each other and create a type of door. • Open and affix a “My Dream” sheet inside (staple or brads). Have crafters write about what they want to be when they grow up, who has encouraged them to work hard, or about a friend of another race, etc. • Paint crafters’ hands brown and peach. • Close the foldable and press prints horizontally, where fingers look like they’re intertwining.
Patchwork Freedom Quilt (BHM)
ReplyDeletehttp://page.reallygoodstuff.com/pdfs/154227.pdf
https://colorsofmyday.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/4th-and-5th-grade-freedom-quilts/
• Crafters can read the attached handout to learn about the symbolic meaning behind each patch design.
• Then, they can select one or more patches (at your discretion, depending on time and resources), and color them. Try to use all of the patches at least once so the quilt can be diverse.
• Be sure to emphasize to them the colors of Africa and their meanings:
Red – blood shed for freedom; power
Green – abundance, growth, vegetation, renewal
Black – the people, the nation
Yellow – prosperity, wealth, high worth, royalty
Purple – royalty
Blue – peace, togetherness, harmony
• Lay out a large sheet of black butcher paper.
• Crafters can glue their patches to the butcher paper background.
• Encourage them to leave some space between the patches; you want to see the black base.
Linking Hands Unity Wreath (MLK)
http://www.mpmschoolsupplies.com/ideas/2617/peace-wreath-for-black-history-month
• The easiest way to create the handprints is to secure construction paper in neutral/multicultural shades. Look for peach, goldenrod, standard brown, and a reddish/sienna.
• Have crafters trace 3 handprints in each color.
• Lay them in a circle so that they form a wreath shape. You can also use a paper plate with the middle removed and paint it a neutral brown or green.
• Apply glue to the heels of each handprint and glue together.
• Use raffia, burlap, or some other natural material to make a bow.
My Dream in Black and White (MLK)
http://sweetkindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/01/snowmen-part-1.html
• Take a light colored piece of construction paper and hold it horizontally.
• Fold the two ends evenly so that they join each other and create a type of door.
• Open and affix a “My Dream” sheet inside (staple or brads). Have crafters write about what they want to be when they grow up, who has encouraged them to work hard, or about a friend of another race, etc.
• Paint crafters’ hands brown and peach.
• Close the foldable and press prints horizontally, where fingers look like they’re intertwining.
Thanks for posting the e-mail, Kallie!
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