A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Saman! : Dance of A Thousand Hands
by I. Kertayuda, Gusti Ngurah, Robert Young Walser
$34.95
Subjects: Music; History; Geography; Dance; Asian Culture;
Locations: Indonesia;

http://worldmusicpress.com/saman.htm

Photographs and text explain a dance which involves singing and clapping, dating back to the sixteenth century from Aceh Province on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

Published by:
World Music Press
PO Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203/748-1131

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Cultural Heritage for Innovative Community Outreach
by free
Subjects: African American Culture; African Culture; Asian Culture; Native American Culture; Family Celebrations and Traditions; Folk Arts and Material Culture;
Locations: Indonesia; Africa; Puerto Rico; Michigan;

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/

Website, sponsored by the Univ of Michigan School of Information, containing many resources on various cultural expressions that could be used in a classroom setting. Includes online presentations, teacher's guides, resource lists, and classroom activities. Site contains a great wealth of information - highly recommended.

Published by:
Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach
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Neutrogena Teaching Guides
by Aurelia Gomez
free
Subjects: Folk Arts and Material Culture;
Locations: South America; Africa; Japan; Indonesia;

http://www.moifa.org/eventsedu/education/neutrogena/index.html

Two lesson plans, both correlated to the New Mexico content standards, related to objects found in the museum's Neutrogena collections. The first lesson plan deals with hats and headdresses and the second with resist dye techniques. Both include background information for teachers, resource lists, and ideas for extending the lessons into other curriculuar areas. The lesson plans are both correlated to the New Mexico State Content Standards.

Published by:
Museum of International Folk Art
P.O. Box 2087
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087
505/476-1200