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Mound Sponge Painting

 

Mound Sponge Painting

Strand: Art
Grade Level: 1 - 2
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: classroom
Objective: The student will be able to create a picture using mound-shaped sponges and paint.
Materials: sponges (pre-cut into mound shapes by teacher)
paint (various colors)
construction paper (white or a light color)
Vocabulary: burial mound      conical      compound      linear      effigy
Procedure:
  1. The students use the sponges to sponge paint on the construction paper. Optional: After the paint is dry, the students could color a background (trees, plants etc.) and Woodland people.
 






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Effigy Mounds National Monument

 
Marching Bear Group  

Did You Know?
In the South Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Marching Bear Group of 10 bear mounds, three bird mounds and two linear mounds represent the best preserved group of effigy mounds present today from the Effigy Mound Culture.

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