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Primary Level: Grades K-3 Primary Standard: Data Categorization, Classification, and Recording
Identify ceramic objects based on clues relating to their visual qualities via the online activity "Can You Find. . . ?"
Compare the sizes of the unit's ceramics to each other or to a basketball via the online activity "How Big Is It?"
Examine the characteristics of ceramics as artifacts, use these characteristics to identify the unit's ceramics that are artifacts, and discuss the kinds of information that these artifacts can provide about the cultures in which they were created.
Participate with classmates in developing one or more of the following:
- A timeline that shows the chronological order in which the unit's ceramics were created
- A chart that classifies the unit's ceramics by function (e.g., tomb burial, decorative only, decorative and useful)
- A chart that classifies the unit's ceramics by construction technique (e.g., coil, mold, wheel, slab, combination of techniques)
- A chart that classifies the unit's ceramics by surface treatment: glazed, unglazed, painted, combination of treatments
- A chart that classifies the unit's ceramics by art form: vessel or sculpture
- A chart that classifies the unit's vessels by their primary geometric form: sphere (Seed Jar, Teapot, Vase), cylinder (Hydria, Jar with Cover), cone (Storage Jar)
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