"Hills of Friends": Cultural Watersheds in the Sixth Grade.

Adamson-Towner, Sioux

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ERIC Number: EJ631619

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Publication Date: 1999

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"Hills of Friends": Cultural Watersheds in the Sixth Grade.

Adamson-Towner, Sioux

Social Studies and the Young Learner, v12 n2 p15-16 Nov-Dec 1999

Describes a sixth grade activity that focuses on cultural watersheds, in which students represent their "personal landscapes." Explains that students list watershed and cultural attributes in lesson one. In lesson two students paint a representation of their cultural watershed. (CMK)

Descriptors: Childrens Art, Creative Expression, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits, Educational Strategies, Grade 6, Metaphors, Middle Schools, Painting (Visual Arts), Social Studies

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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