Family Treasures, Family Pottery |
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| Barron School District | |||||||||
| Teacher: Jean Waters, Elementary Art Teacher | |||||||||
Steps:1. I selected pottery as the hands-on springboard for the project. 2. In a letter sent home from school, I asked parents to identify each student's country of origin (ancestry) 3. On this same paper, I had the students ask a family member if there were any designs/ patterns that would be a meaningful addition to their ceramic dish. This could be painted on when their child did the glazing. |
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4. I found pictures/examples of pottery from around the world to display in my room. The countries were the ones that the students identified.
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 Jax's great great grandma Mary used this bowl to make kolache, a Bohemian pastry. |
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5. I sent home a Family Treasures, Family Pottery worksheet so that the child could interview the parents about a family treasure that had been handed down through the generations. Since we are working with pottery, I was looking for containers, vases, teapots, cups, mugs, plates, platters, etc. However, I was open to any heirloom.
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6. I taught the third grade students how to make a slab pot. They did a good job, and it helped to have two more teachers in the art room. The students wrote down the directions so that they could remember how to teach the process to a K-1 student. |
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7. The glazing includes a meaningful design from the child's family. 8. This project will be published in the local paper. 9. Reflection: I believe that the children learned something that they ordinarily would not know without this project. |
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