Second grade students created printed patterns inspired by African Mudcloth. I found this great site that explains the process of making the cloth: http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/mudcloth/index_flash.html
We used cardboard and white paint to print the patterns and oil pastels to add some color. Here is a little video of a student working on their pattern. I used the imotion HD app on the ipad to make it.
Fourth grade students looked at Adinkra cloth. We watched a few youtube videos of the cloth being stamped as well as some photographs of the cloth and stamps. I printed a sheet of the Adinkra symbols and their meanings for my students to use. Each student chose a piece of cloth (recycled from a past project) and used the symbols and sharpie to decorate their cloth. The students will wear these when they are doing their drumming.