Analyzing First Nations Art

Students sat in a circle around a collection of about twenty posters of First Nations art laid on the floor. Students shared thoughts about what they saw in common in many of the pieces of art (ie. Animals, faces, colors, etc.) Students looked at the piece of art nearest them and looked for animals, faces, etc. We listed the ideas that had been shared. The following day, students were given a graphic organizer containing each of the ideas generated the day before. In pairs, they analyzed one piece of art they’d not seen before. They completed the graphic organizer and were asked