Summary
This collection is a five-part lesson series where students explore the arts and crafts of various tribes of Oklahoma as they learn about geometric transformations: translations, reflections, rotations, dilations, and compositions of transformations. This collection also contains an art lesson for cross-curricular collaboration.Resources
In this lesson, students will explore the culture of the Seminole tribe and their patchwork. They will then use these patterns to explore transformations, specifically translations represented graphically, algebraically, verbally, and with vectors. Students will apply what they have learned to create... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: February 3rd, 2025
Traditional Transformations, Part 1
Translations: Seminole Patchwork
- Geometry
- Mathematics
- 9th - 10th
- ACT Prep
- G.2D.1.11
In this lesson, students will explore the culture of the Osage tribe and their ribbonwork. Students will apply what they have learned about math and indigenous cultures to create their own ribbonwork design and demonstrate their understanding of reflections and reflective symmetry. Prerequisite knowledge... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: February 3rd, 2025
Traditional Transformations, Part 2
Reflections: Osage Ribbonwork
- Geometry
- Mathematics
- 9th - 10th
- ACT Prep
- G.2D.1.11
In this lesson, students will explore the culture of the Plains tribes and their Star Quilts. They will then use patterns to explore rotations and discover algebraic rules for common rotations. Students will apply what they learn to create their own quilt block and demonstrate their understanding of... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: December 13th, 2023
Traditional Transformations, Part 3
Rotations: Plains Star Quilts
- Geometry
- Mathematics
- 9th - 10th
- ACT Prep
- G.2D.1.11
In this lesson, students will explore the culture of Native Americans and their beadwork. They will then use patterns to explore dilations and discover the relationship between the center of dilation, the preimage, and the image. Students will apply what they have learned to create their own beadwork... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: December 13th, 2023
Traditional Transformations, Part 4
Dilations: Beadwork
- Geometry
- Mathematics
- 9th - 10th
- ACT Prep
- G.2D.1.11
In this lesson, students will explore the mathematics behind fashion design and summarize their knowledge of transformations. They will then apply what they have learned to solve a puzzle and demonstrate their understanding of composition of transformations. Prerequisite knowledge for this lesson includes... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: May 20th, 2024
Traditional Transformations, Part 5
Composition of Transformation: Fashion Design
- Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)
- Geometry
- Mathematics
- 9th - 10th
- G.2D.1.11
Comparing the Quilts of Indigenous Plains People with the Tessellations of M.C. Escher, Part 1
Diamonds, Not Just a Girl's Best Friend
- 9th - 12th
Students will watch an ICAP video of Plains tribe member Crystal Pewo Lightfoot who makes star quilts and start quilt based designs. They will learn the history of the quilts and the Plains tribes, examine quilts using modern principles of design, and make a design of their own. Students will share... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: May 20th, 2024
Comparing the Quilts of Indigenous Plains People with the Tessellations of M.C. Escher, Part 1
Diamonds, Not Just a Girl's Best Friend
- 9th - 12th
- Visual Arts
- Visual Arts
- CP, VA.CP.1 , II.VA.CP.1.1 , II.VA.CP.1.2 , II.VA.CP.1.3
Consider collaborating with an art teacher when you teach Part 3 of this lesson series. This lesson also celebrates the art of creating Star Quilts.
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