| Alberta Williams making lye soap | Alberta Williams making lye soap | Still Image | Education
Schools
African Americans
Demonstrations
Students
Teaching of folklore
Classrooms
Domestic arts
Soap
Lye | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alberta Williams making lye soap
- Date
- 1985-01
- Description
- Twenty-five color slides. Demonstrating lye soap making at Mami Agnes Elementary School. Slides 4019-4028 are in volume 38. 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.
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| Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating | Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating | Still Image | Education
Schools
Classrooms
Elementary schools
Students
Teaching of folklore
Egg decoration
Eggs
Easter eggs
Craft
Demonstrations
Painting
Holidays and festivals
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating
- Date
- 1985-04-03
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Duffy, an East European, demonstrates traditional methods for decorating Easter eggs to San Pablo Elementary students. 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.
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| a_s1608_02_tape04 | Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School | Sound | Schools
Students
Classrooms
Oratory
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Oral performance
Oral communication
Teaching of folklore
Demonstrations
Fieldwork
African Americans
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School
- Date
- 1982-02-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. For images, see S 1577, volume 11, slides S82-1188 & S82-1189, and box 19, folder 25. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
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| Arabic music demonstration | Arabic music demonstration | Still Image | Schools
Teaching of folklore
Demonstrations
Drums
Music performance
Performing arts
Arab Americans
Education
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Arabic music demonstration
- Date
- 1985-03-05
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Performing traditional Arabic music at Loretto 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, 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
| Basket maker Mebelen Holloway teaching pine needle basket making to Hamilton County High School students | Basket maker Mebelen Holloway teaching pine needle basket making to Hamilton County High School students | Still Image | Basket maker
Education
Students
Classrooms
Schools
Teaching of folklore
Basket making
Basketry
Teachers
Teenagers
Pine needle crafts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Mebelen Holloway teaching pine needle basket making to Hamilton County High School students
- Date
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. Students making baskets under the tutelage of Holloway. Images also incldue teacher Hargrett helping students The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
| Bea Hernandez cooking Colombian foods at Meadow Park Elementary School | Bea Hernandez cooking Colombian foods at Meadow Park Elementary School | Still Image | Fieldwork
Colombian Americans
Cooking and dining
Schools
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Education
Demonstrations
Classrooms
Cookery, Colombian
Plantain banana
Food preparation
Children
Cooks
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bea Hernandez cooking Colombian foods at Meadow Park Elementary School
- Date
- 1986-12-04
- Description
- Seven color slides. Demonstration for Mrs. Thomas fourth grade class. Hernandez's son Jose was in this class. She fried green bananas (platanos). For a recording, see tape 8, box 5, S 1685. 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.
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| Billy Sanchez explainging sugar cane growing and cutting | Billy Sanchez explainging sugar cane growing and cutting | Still Image | Fieldwork
Classrooms
Schools
Elementary schools
Education
Occupational training
Cuban Americans
Sugar
Sugar crops
Sugarcane
Oral education
Agricultural implements
Agriculture
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Children
Farm workers
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Billy Sanchez explainging sugar cane growing and cutting
- Date
- 1987-04-28
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Images of Sanchez talking one on one with students. Sanchez oversees cane burning and cutting, as well as recruiting workers for a local sugar grower. His father was rancher in Cuba, who left as political exiles in the 1960s. 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.
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| Blacksmithing demonstration at Jasper elementary | Blacksmithing demonstration at Jasper elementary | Still Image | Blacksmiths
Students
Demonstrations
Occupational groups
Blacksmithing
Metal craft
Education
Schools | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Blues pianist Alex McBride playing for students | Blues pianist Alex McBride playing for students | Still Image | Musicians
Teaching of folklore
Education
Students
Elementary schools
Schools
Demonstrations
Piano music (Blues)
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Music performance
Blues singers
Pianists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues pianist Alex McBride playing for students
- Date
- 1991-11
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Demonstration for second 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
| a_s1608_02_tape09 | Bunch Bass and Term Herndon at theEast Columbia County Junior High School | Sound | Musicians
Guitarist
Banjoists
Schools
Old time music
Classrooms
Fiddle music
Guitarists
Guitar music
String instruments
Performing arts
Music performance
Students
Children
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Bunch Bass and Term Herndon at theEast Columbia County Junior High School
- Date
- 1982-02-25
- Description
- One audio cassette. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
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