These mixed media projects inspired by the contemporary artist Curtis Talwst Santiago will inspire your students to explore their creativity, create texture, and celebrate Black History Month.  This lesson is designed for 2nd - 5th grade students but can easily be adapted for middle school students.  

This lesson is highly engaging, cross-curricular, and uses a wide variety of media to create 6 different projects.  Additional ideas for variation are included. Set up stations and let your students choose a project or rotate through and complete several while exploring texture and learning about contemporary artist Curtis Talwst Santiago and Black History Month. 

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 17 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 6 projects
• Suggestions for project variations 
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on artist Curtis Talwst Santiago
• Black History Month fact sheet
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 2nd - 5th grades
• Suggestions for setting up centers
• Tips for using alternative materials

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These highly engaging kente cloth projects can be used for Black History Month (African American History Month), a unit on texture, or any time of the year. They can easily be assembled well together to create a large display for Black History Month!

These projects are designed for Kindergarten - 5th grade students.  With 4 projects to choose from plus multiple project variations, all of your elementary students can work on artwork for Black History Month.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 16 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 projects
• Suggestions for project variations for each project 
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information kente cloth and the meaning of colors in kente cloth
• Black History Month fact sheet
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for Kindergarten - 5th grades
• Suggestions for setting up centers

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I specialize in cross-curricular lessons and resources. More projects and resources may be found in my TeachShare store.

https://www.TeachShare.com/Store/Down-In-The-Art-Room

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Thank you.

Deborah

Down in the Art Room