The Pottery Project: Resources for Teachers & Parents
Bibliography & Links
Bibliography of Children's Literature
101 Questions about Ancient Indians in the Southwest by David Grant Noble. (1998) Southwest Parks and Monuments Association.
Child-friendly with color photos, maps and illustrations.
Elena and the Coin by Laura Orabone. (2000)
Center for Desert Archaeology.
A young girl visits an archaeological excavation in Tucson, Arizona, and travels
back in time with the aid of a Mexican coin.
Motel of the Mysteries by David MaCauly.
(1979) Houghton Mifflin.
Archaeological satire about contemporary U.S. culture. Addresses cultural assumptions
and stereotyping.
The Pot that Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel.
(2002) Lee and Lowe Books.
A cumulative tale about the potter, Juan Quezada, who revitalized pottery making
at Mata Ortiz, Mexico.
The Pueblo by Charlotte and David Yue. (1986)
Houghton Mifflin.
A beautifully illustrated exploration of Ancestral Puebloan architecture and
lifestyle.
Race to the Moonrise by Sally Crum.(1999)
Western Reflections.
The story of a dangerous journey by Mogollon children ca.1200 AD to northern
Arizona.
Ultimate Field Trip (I & II) by Susan
E. Goodman. (2000) Aladdin Paperbacks.
Follows eighth graders on a weeklong field trip to Crow Canyon Archaeological
Center, located at Mesa Verde Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) ruins.
Walker of Time by Helen Hughes Vick. (1993)
Roberts Rinehart.
Young adult fiction about two 15-year-old Hopi boys who travel 800 years back
in time to their ancestral home. ALA 1994 Best Books for Young Adults.
When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor. (1987)
Aladdin Library.
Design elements from pieces of ancient Southwestern pottery (Hohokam, Anasazi,
Mogollon, Mimbres) illustrate Baylor's prose.
Websites
On this site:
Arizona State Museum online pottery
exhibitions:
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/online.shtml
Activity: Make a Paper
Pot - download and do offline:
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/activities/paperpot/
Pottery Memory Game - play online:
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/activities/memorygame/
Other sites:
Bandelier
National Monument Museum Collections Online Exhibition: Archaeology
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/band/archeology.html Symmetry
demonstrations on the "Science U" website by Geometry Technologies:
http://www.scienceu.com/library/articles/isometries/standup.html
Logan Museum, Online Exhibitions of Southwest Cultures:
http://www.beloit.edu/logan_online/collections/catalogue/north_america/index.php#sw
Sample
Anasazi Webquest by the Shawnee Mission School District:
http://connections.smsd.org/highlands/anasazi.htm
About
the Mogollon on the Desert USA website:
http://www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_mog.html
Mimbres
pottery clip art on a Mimbres pottery website by Sarah Nuese:
http://www.cumulus.org/mimbres/mimbresclip.html
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