Colonial Period Art

This week, students in 2nd grade enjoyed making Colonial-era Hex Signs. These signs were originally brought to our country from the German and Dutch immigrants in Pennsylvania.  They were decorative additions to barns and other buildings. They were supposed to bring good luck.

Fourth graders learned about Colonial portraits. They got to draw and watercolor paint portraits of their own.

Colonial Period

This week students began their unit on the Colonial / Early American Period of our country's history.  We have two students from our local university (Mid-Continent) working with students several days per week. This week they are helping 3rd graders build log cabins, design American flags, and create Yankee Doodle "caps" (as shown in the photos below).

Students are responding to Colonial Period drama by performing Readers' Theater plays and then designing props that would go with each play.