Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Building trades

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Masters of the Building Arts Activity Guide
by Betty Belanus, Marjorie Hunt
http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/pdf/BuildingArtsGuide.pdf

Adapted from a family activity guide to accompany the 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program focused on the building arts and the artistry and skill of craftspersons. This guide offers activity suggestions for persons of all ages related to making stone walls, stained glass windows, and architectural terra cotta, and to working with ornamental ironwork, adobe, stone carving and masonry, and timber framing. (41 p. PDF)

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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