Title – Kente Colors

By – Mollie Tucker

Subject – Social Studies, Art

Grade Level – K-1

Topic: African-American Culture

Long Range Objective:

The student will be able to create an original pattern.

Instructional Objective:

The student will complete a given pattern.

The student will create a pattern on their Kente cloth vest.

Set:

Ask children what a pattern is. Play Hand Jive song and have the
children repeat the patterns they hear.

Materials:

paper bags to make Kente vests
markers to color pattern onto Kente vest
Hand Jive for repeating patterns heard in the song
incomplete patterns (visual) for children to complete

Instruction:

Read Kente Colors. Have children recall some of the colors from
the story. What was their favorite color?

Supervised Practice:

Have children finish patterns that have already been created for
them.

Closure:

Show the children a piece of Kente cloth. Ask them to pick out the
pattern on the cloth.

Assessment:

Listen to the children as they complete patterns during supervised
practice and closure.

Can they name the next color in the pattern?
Observe the children as they decorate their Kente cloth.
Do they correctly form a pattern on their Kente cloth?

Independent Practice:

Have children decorate their Kente cloth using patterns.

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