Please download these resources for use at home, in schools, daycares, or personal use. We ask that you credit STCC when using our materials and appreciate any feedback you may have for us on how to improve these materials.
Activity Print Outs
Print out these activities and learn about Shawnee Culture while also doing a fun activity!
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A connect the dots drawing activity to teach the technique of drawing the traditional and often used guilloche design seen on Shawnee pottery.
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Simple board game. Roll a dice and move your place marker forward the correct number of spaces (one dice). Learn about the life cycle of mussels and have fun!
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Learn about color theory and color mixing at home! All you need are water based paints, coffee filters and either paint brushers or water droppers.
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Gridded drawing page with the image of a snake (medium)
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Gridded drawing page with image of a horse (difficult)
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Shawnee Recipies cards
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Gridded drawing page with the image of a rabbit (easy)
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Gridded drawing page with the image of a snake (easy)
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Gridded drawing page with image of a chicken (difficult)
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Gridded drawing page with the image of a raccoon (difficult)
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Gridded drawing page with the image of a snake (medium)
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Download these flash cards to test your knowledge. Cover materials from the Gibson Byrd exhibit and information on pigments, dyes, mordants, color theory and more!
Exhibit Panels
We have re-sized our exhibit panels in order to offer them as mailers to our parents, educators and anyone else interested. Available below are all of these panels for you to download and print as desired.
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"What was our ancestors pottery like?" The question that started this project, read what the Shawnee Tribe discovered during the ensuing project.
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The varied uses of Shawnee pottery is expanded on in this panel.
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How were Shawnee pottery pieces decorated? Read about it here and then try out the Guilloche drawing activity!
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What do freshwater mussels have to do with Shawnee Culture and Shawnee pottery? Find out here!
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Learn about the research and study that has been done through scientific analysis of the materials used to make pottery.
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What happens when you take a close look at Shawnee pottery?
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What happens when research and science is lead by community vs the scientific community?
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What does it mean when an ingredient for making Shawnee pottery is now endangered?
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Lean about the importance of Tamee (corn) in Shawnee Culture
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Lean about the continuation of traditions around the Shawnee people and corn.
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Some facts about pigments and dyes and the differences between natural versus synthetic dyes.
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Learn about color theory and the why red-yellow-blue are not actually primary colors.
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How are indigenous communities represented in art? What new ways can we learn about moving forward?