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Blogging Basics, Part Two: Choosing a Blog Name and Getting Ideas

By Marcia Beckett | October 2, 2016 - 8:00 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, art teacher tips, blogging

If you missed the first post in this series, check out Blogging Basics for Teachers and Other Creatives, Part One. In that post I share reasons to start blogging and how to choose a blogging platform. In today’s post, we will talk about how to choose a blog name and where to get ideas for your blog. My blog was originally called Vivid Layers (raise your hand if you read my blog back then!). The header is the … Read more… →

2nd Grade Masks inspired by Alaska

By Marcia Beckett | February 7, 2013 - 3:41 am |July 5, 2024 masks, sculpture, second grade, social studies

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A colorful, handmade artwork featuring a circular centerpiece, feathers, paper hands, and fish shapes on a white background.

I think Alaskan native masks are so beautiful. Our 2nd graders learn about Alaska in their social studies class and to connect with this unit, they explore the meanings and characteristics of Alaskan native art. Here is an example of a mask from Alaska: Our masks are colorful and each child felt free to express their own ideas and to create their own meanings for their mask. We watched an excellent Alaskan art video that I highly recommend. It … Read more… →