TuxPaintLesson

The Plains Indians used drawings and paintings to record their lives, visions, and history. Their early artwork was created on natural materials such as rocks and animal hides using natural pigmented paints and brushes made of bones and sticks. During the 1860s, they began using new materials (colored pencils, crayons, and water paints) on a new surface (paper). They used ledgers brought by explorers and traders who traveled across the Great Plains. This new art form became known as Ledger Art.
 * Introduction **


 * Web 2.0 Tools**

Wiki Tux Paint

The students will learn. ..
 * Content to be Learned and Interactive Learning Activity **

How to add content to a Wiki. How to create a drawing in Tux Paint. How to save pictures from the Internet to their folder on the server.

**Learning Knowledge and Skills**

For this activity the students will be using

Visual Literacy Sharing information Writing Skills - artwork reflection

[|Plains Ledger Art History]

[|Plains Indians Drawings]

Directions
 * 1) Read Drawn from History pages 488-491 in the reading text book.
 * 2) Click on the Plains Indians Drawings link (above).
 * 3) Find a piece of artwork that interests you.
 * 4) Click on it to enlarge it.
 * 5) Study the artwork by asking yourself the questions under Skill: How to Look at Fine Art on page 488 of the text book.
 * 6) Now write your reflection about the piece of art.
 * 7) Right click on the picture and choose Save picture as.
 * 8) Save it in your server folder.
 * 9) Add the saved Ledger Art to the table below. (Refer to the Wikis 101 information if you need help)
 * 10) Fill in the Artist, Tribe, URL and Reflection information.
 * 11) Think about an event in your life, a dream you have, or some family history.
 * 12) Tell this story in the form of a drawing.
 * 13) Open Tux Paint and create the drawing.
 * 14) Print your "Ledger Art" and hang it on the art gallery bulletin board in the classroom.
 * = Ledger Art Example & Title of Art Work ||= Artist ||= Tribe ||= URL ||= Reflection ||
 * [[image:indian05.jpg width="230" height="143" caption="Wohow in Two Worlds"]] || Wohow || Kiowa || [] || "Wohow in Two Worlds" is a pencil and crayon drawing. Most of the colors are earth tones. Orange is used for the sun, star, Native American peace pipe, and Wohow's clothing. The drawing depicts the two worlds of Wohow. His Native American culture that is in tune with nature and the white man's world. He is caught between these two worlds with a longing for the old ways and trying to find peace in the new world. ||