GEOGRAPHY WEBSITE PROTOCOL
Andean Textiles
By: Melinda Butler Schaddalee, Goshen Middle School; Goshen, IN, 6/15/1997
Site Address: http://www.rain.org/~pjenkin/textile/textile.html
Theme: Andean Textiles
Grade Levels: 5-6 (can be used with just about any level)
Special Needs Addressed:
Many visuals to go along with the text.
Annotation of Site:
The importance of textiles to the culture of the Andean peoples is shared. The reading is not extensive, which lends this site very well to online reading. Within in most of the sentences there are links to photographs which helps one to visualize what is being read. The photographs are small, but excellent representations of the Andean people and their art of weaving. Interesting links are provided at the bottom of the site. They help to facilitate learning as well as provide extension for any research.
Geography Standards Addressed:
Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines Addressed:
Using societies of the Western World as a context, develop an understanding of the relationship between individual and group behavior.
Classroom Ideas: This site can be used in many ways for various types of lessons. Below are just a few notes of ideas which I came up with:
Clothing Around the World - (Human-Environment Interaction)
Discuss the variety of the style of dress that people have throughout the world, and the fact that the most common form of dress in the world is.... blue jeans and T-shirts! What is the reasoning for their traditional "style" of dress? Is it the climate, available materials, customs? What is the difference between the traditional clothing worn and the costumes designed for religious ceremonies and special celebrations - or what we refer to as the "national costumes?"
This site can be used as a step in research of clothing around the world. Below are just a few more sites that can add to this search online. They are more difficult to find because of the vast amount of material out there on clothing. I found it easier to narrow it down by using the national geographic site, and....... http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/photography/kasmauski/0173.html
I have had my students use National Geographics and find examples of clothing from around the world. In groups they make a book that includes a picture from the magazine, the name of the country and region they are from, a description of the clothing and the reason they are wearing this type of clothing. The students can spend hours pouring over these pictures and discussing them in groups!
Andes Mountain Region-
This would be an excellent site to have your students "explore," during a unit on the Andean Mountain Region. Through various links there are excellent photographs and explanations available that provide a look at the regional area and the people. Students could write their own annotations to the web site or use the information in a report. They could download the pictures onto a file and, if available, show them on a television hook up or panel book (overhead) to the class. A group of students can create a news program or a documentary - complete with script. The photo's can be printed out and student's can place their own captions on them, creating a book.
Beautiful pictures are available in the photo galleries of "Pablo's Page." These areas include Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Ecuador as well as the Ancient Civilizations of the Andes, (which is also available with a direct link at the bottom of the textile page).
In addition, there are links to pictures of Alpacas, which are very interesting. The first page is basically from an Alpaca farm in the U.S. and the sale of the animals, however, I have provided the address to a single image as well as facts about them. Either way, it becomes an interesting "link" to the student's learning about this fascinating creatures.
Alpaca Picture ........... http://www.maine.com/ctalpacas/images/fpcolor.gif
Alpaca Facts: http://www.maine.com/ctalpacas/facts.htm
