In this lesson, from ARTSEDGE, students learn about the cultural and visual art traditions of coastal American Indian tribes. They discuss the Native American barter system of economics and explore wampum as a form of exchange. Students make a wampum belt using plastic straws and beads.
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Subjects: Arts - Visual Arts | Language Arts - Story Telling | Social Studies - United States History
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Keywords: Wampum | Native American Culture | American Indian Legend | American Indian Design | American Indian Tribe | American Indian Culture | Indian Legend | Indian Design | Indian Tribe | Indian Culture | Peake | Hiawatha Belt | Exploring Social Studies: Book 1 | Hausman, Gerald | The Sun Horse: Native Visions of the New World | Wampum Belts and Peace Trees | Tehanetorens, Ray | Wampum Belts of the Iroguois | Schaaf, Gregory | Roanoke | Wampumpeag | Eastern Woodland Indian | Barter System | Native American Tribe | Native American Design | Native American Legend | Wampum Belt
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