| Yasuko Dawson demonstrating to students how to do origami | Yasuko Dawson demonstrating to students how to do origami | Still Image | Schools
Demonstrations
Classrooms
Japanese Americans
Students
Teaching of folklore
Education
Origami
Paper work
Paper art
Craft
Arts, Japanese
Asian American arts
Asian Americans
Kimonos
Clothing and dress
Art
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Yasuko Dawson demonstrating to students how to do origami
- Date
- 1985-03-19
- Description
- Thirty-seven color slides. Demonstration at Stockton Elementary School. Origami is the Japanese art of paperfolding to create sculptures and symbolic shapes. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curricula. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Wood carver John Albert talking to students | Wood carver John Albert talking to students | Still Image | Material culture
Wood carving
Students
Pedagogy
Education
Classrooms
Teaching of folklore
Schools
Artisans
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Wood carver John Albert demonstrating to students | Wood carver John Albert demonstrating to students | Still Image | Wood carving
Wood craft
Woodworking tools
Children
Students
Education
Craft
Classrooms
Pedagogy
Schools
Teaching of folklore
Teaching
Oral education
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carver John Albert demonstrating to students
- Date
- 1982-10
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-seven black and white images. Images of John Albert demonstrating wood carving to students in Hillsborough County as part of the Folk Arts in the Schools program. October 1982. Biographical information on Albert, born 1920 in Brandon, Florida, can be found in S 1613.
- Collection
| Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps | Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps | Still Image | Crabbing
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Education
Pedagogy
Teaching of folklore
Students
Schools
Classrooms
Woodwork
Fish traps
Seafood gathering
Material culture
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps
- Date
- 1982-10
- Description
- One proof sheet with eight black and white images of Crain demonstrating to students in Hillsborough County how to make wooden crab traps. These images were created as part of the Florida Folk Arts in the Schools program.
- Collection
| William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park | William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park | Still Image | Entertainers
Singers
Musicians
Fieldwork
Classrooms
Education
Teaching of folklore
Elementary schools
Schools
Students
Children
Street vendors
Local history
Demonstrations
African Americans
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park
- Date
- 1988-02-04
- Description
- Four color slides. Cooke, born July 4 1905 near St. Augustine, spent much of his life performing: in jook joints, on the street, on trains, and later in some of the top clubs of South Florida. In these images, he talks with elementary students about his career and music. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Voices of the Ancestors at Highlands Elementary School | Voices of the Ancestors at Highlands Elementary School | Still Image | Singers
Musicians
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Education
Schools
Children
Students
Classrooms
Elementary schools
African Americans
Flutes
Singing
Music performance
Clothing and dress
Performing arts
Drums
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Voices of the Ancestors at Highlands Elementary School
- Date
- 1988-02
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Unidentified slides from the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Unidentified slides from the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Still Image | Fieldwork
Students
Classrooms
Elementary schools
Workers
Folklife
Teaching of folklore
Education
Fieldwork (educational method) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Unidentified slides from the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- 335 color slides. Images from demonstrations and fieldwork from the Duval County Folk Arts in Education project. Includes student dancing; folk dancers; artisans; cooks; and classrooms. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Troy Lovelace and Harold Weaver teaching folklore in Hillsborough County | Troy Lovelace and Harold Weaver teaching folklore in Hillsborough County | Still Image | Pedagogy
Classrooms
Teaching of folklore
Students
Education
Children | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Troy Lovelace and Harold Weaver teaching folklore in Hillsborough County
- Date
- 1982-10
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of Tom Lovelace playing his fiddle for students in Hillsborough County for the Florida Folk Arts in the Schools program. Also included are image of Harold Weaver demonstrating the art of water witching (also known as water divining). Biographical information on Lovelace and Weaver can be found in S 1613.
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| The Versiteers performing at John E. Ford Elementary School | The Versiteers performing at John E. Ford Elementary School | Still Image | Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Classrooms
Children
Students
Elementary schools
Education
African Americans
A capella singers
A capella singing
Gospel (Black)
Religious music
Music performance
Singing
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Versiteers performing at John E. Ford Elementary School
- Date
- 1991-12
- Description
- Four color slides. Demonstration for first grade students at John E. Ford Elementary School. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| The Rivera family demonstrating to students how to build a chickee | The Rivera family demonstrating to students how to build a chickee | Still Image | Farmers
Fieldwork
Classrooms
Schools
Elementary schools
Education
Teaching of folklore
Puerto Ricans
Demonstrations
Latinos
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Rivera family demonstrating to students how to build a chickee
- Date
- 1987-03-09
- Description
- Ten color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
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