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Presenting Folk Art Over Distance Education

The following links will connect to the enrichment lesson that has been created by the Folk Art scholar. To review or edit, click on the link below.

Sue Underwood Linda Garcia Amrita Mahapatra

Pre - Lesson Video Link Pre-Lesson Video Link Pre-Lesson Video Link

Project Goal:

"Presenting Folk Art Over Distance Education" seeks to bring together the Folk Art scholars as they share programs of history, heritage, creative writing, storytelling, and music and song with students and teachers in Nebraska.

Project Objectives:

To increase understanding of distance education system and how it will enable speakers and participants to interact as part of a Folk Art presentation.
To develop a web based enrichment plan to support the Folk Art scholars' presentations.
To present a series of Folk Art programs to students in grades 4-12.
To share the outcomes of the "Presenting Folk Art Over Distance Education" program with other teachers and scholars.

Project Timeline:

October 22, 2003 - Training Day in Lincoln
Presentations to be arranged for November and December.

Folk Art Presentations:

Presenter	Presentation Title	Date
Sue Underwood	Czech Music Tradition	January, 2004
Linda Garcia	Art in the Classroom - "Altrasitas, Little Alters"	February, 2004
Amrita Mahapatra	India - How Geography and History Influence Culture	February, 2004

This program is funded and supported by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Tri-Valley Distance Education Consortium and the Nebraska Department of Education.