1. Native American Mathematics on Counting using base pairs
Author: Roberto Wheaton
NSF Funded Project
Award# DUE
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2. Session Goals
Appreciate and understand patterns used in Native American beading.
Design a symbol or figure that represents your culture.
Analyze your drawing for number pattern
Suggest relationships between cultural artifacts and number patterns.
Investigate other cultures beading
Describe similarities and differences between different cultures
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3. Narrative
Native Americans beading patterns and designs are similarities to other cultures. Pre-contact materials consisted of rocks, bones, antlers, wood, shells and other materials found in nature.
The arrival of European’s brought glass beads, new materials and a change in color, design and demand for beads from Europe and Asia.
Lewis and Clark Expedition journals noted that 32 pounds of colorful beads were brought for food exchange. Initially the Native’s were uninterested in trading for food but were interested in the white and blue beads. Today, beading methods allow for more elaborate designs but the basic method dates back to native cultures world wide.
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4. Materials Colored pencils Beading template Digital camera or video cam
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5. Warm Up Activity
Think of an image or design that comes to mind that reflects you or your community.
Make a drawing of this image on a piece of paper.
Transfer this image onto the beading template.
Fill in each box completely using a color or black pencil. .
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6. Image or design
Draw the image in this area
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7. Beading Template Transfer your image to this template.
Make sure you fill in all squares
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8. Beading Examples What do the two beading techniques have in common?
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9. Beading Examples What beading design patterns are most common?
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10. Beading Methods Can you identify the image on the right? Beading Loom
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11. Flat or Lazy stitch beading.
The flat stitch uses horizontal rows of beads numbering 5-8.
Each row is anchored to the previous.
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12. Activity Beading
Using the following beaded choker to demonstrate counting .
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13. Questions 1. Identify a number pattern in your design?
2. Identify a number pattern in the choker?
How can you devise a way to illustrate the number patter from your design.
How do you think beading pattern templates were made?
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14. Additional Research Research other cultures beading
Compare and contrast beading and weaving designs.
Create your own design and make a beaded object.
Research other beading types
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