These mixed media Native American Bison projects will inspire your students to explore their creativity and use different materials while doing a cross-curricular lesson that celebrates Native American Heritage Month. This project is designed for upper elementary (3rd-5th grade) students but can be easily adapted for middle school.

This lesson is highly engaging, multi-disciplinary, and contains 4 different projects. Set up stations and let your students choose a project or rotate through and complete them all while learning about contemporary artist John Nieto and the American bison.

This is a fantastic project for Native American Heritage Month (November), but can be used in conjunction with a unit on native animals, artists, or anytime of the year.

This resource is in a PDF file and contains 16 pages. It includes:

• Cross-curricular lesson with detailed instructions and photos for 4 projects
• Suggestions for project variations with instructions
• Bison drawing guide
• Cross-curricular and literacy connections
• Information on artist John Nieto
• Differences in bison and buffalo fact sheet
• Full page hand-drawn bison
• National Core Arts Standards and TEKS (Texas) for 3rd-5th grades

This lesson allows your students to use different materials on a single piece of artwork to create a stunning mixed media project that makes a striking display.

It is designed and has been used with 3-5th grades but is adaptable for middle school. This lesson includes TEKS (if you are in Texas) and National Core Arts Standards for 3rd-5th grades.

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Deborah

Down in the Art Room