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=== Key Elements === Category: Weaving Concept: Visual Awareness Components: Color, Pattern Objectives: » Recognize Kente cloth as an African ceremonial cloth, hand woven in strips on a loom. » Define pattern as lines, colors, and shapes that repeat or alternate. » Make a paper weaving using a Kente cloth design.=== Materials/Resources === » rulers or 2" cardboard strips » scissors » glue sticks » 12" x 18" construction paper (variety of colors) » 2" strips of colored construction or fadeless paper » 1/2" strips of colored construction or fadeless paper » strip of Kente cloth (optional) » Kente reproductions and/or posters » Video: Kente Cloth Weaving Demonstration » Ofori-Ansa, Kwaku (1993) Poster: Kente Is More Than A Cloth » Meyer, Louise (1998). How Children Learn to Weave.=== Evaluation Criteria === Students will: » identify Kente as African ceremonial cloth. » describe where and when Kente is worn and by whom. » describe how.Kente cloth is made. » create a paper weaving with a Kente cloth design which includes: - symbolic colors. - pattern created by repeating and altemating lines and colors. - a cut paper stylized symbol of personal or class identification.=== Terminology === » Kente » pattern » warp » weft » loom » strip » weaving » symbol » stylized
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