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Unit One: Introduction and Overview

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Title	Description	Web Page	MS Word
Syllabus	Description of expectations of the course.
Ceramic Terms Glossary	This glossary is contains answers to all of the questions on the pop quiz and on the Ceramic Terms Crossword Puzzle.
Ceramic Terms Crossword Puzzle	This exercise is good practice for remembering the terms.
Ceramic Terms Pop Quiz	You can do this multiple choice quiz online or you can print it out.
Ancient History of Pottery Notes Worksheet	This worksheet can be used to take relevant notes on A New Technology: An Early History of Pottery PowerPoint Presentation.
Ancient History of Pottery Worksheet	If you were absent when we started this lesson and missed the brainstorming session, this is the worksheet you need to fill out as you view the PowerPoint.
Ancient History of Pottery PowerPoint Presentation	This Presentation is the basis for the whole Ancient History of Pottery lesson.
Ancient History of Pottery Essay Rubric	See the criteria for the group essays and presentations.
Ceramics Purposes/ Past and Present	Work out for yourself what and why people have created with ceramics for the past thousands of years. What and why will you create with ceramics?
Amulet Necklace Worksheet and Scavenger Hunt	This worksheet can be filled out while doing the scavenger hunt.
Amulet Necklace Rubric	Describes the criteria for grading the amulet necklace.

Unit Two: Pinch Construction

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Title	Description	Web Page	MS Word
Pinch Pot How-to	If you want to look over the steps for how to put together a pinch pot vase, this has written steps and diagrams.
Art Criticism Worksheet for Pinch Pot Vase	This worksheet reviews the steps for art criticism and requires answers from the individual student about one of the vases.
Pinch Pot Vase Rubric	Criteria for creating and glazing the pinch pot vases.
Kristen Doner's Pinch Pots PowerPoint Presentation	This contemporary potter creates pinch pots in a great variety of styles. Her  creativity has to be admired.
Ceramic Whistle PowerPoint Presentation	These are images of whistles to be found on the links provided. It is convenient to use if your Internet connection is down
Pinch Pot Whistle Handout	This handout shows step by step how to make a whistle that works!
Pinch Whistle Rubric	This is how I grade these whistles.

 Unit Three: Coil Construction

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Title	Description	Web Page	MS Word
Native American Pottery Crossword Puzzle	This crossword is to be used with the lesson on Native American Pottery. The glossary for it is The Collector's Guide, Pueblo Pottery Terms.
Minoan Pottery Worksheet	This worksheet is in three parts. If you are divided into groups, each group can do a different worksheet.
Minoan Pottery Rubric	Each aspect of the Minoan Pottery Project is graded as you can see on this rubric.
Making a Coil Bowl Handout	Printable directions with pictures. Hand this out to students. It doesn't matter if it gets dirty.	These worksheets, handouts, rubrics, etc. all come with the paid site.
Mimbres Inspired Coil Bowl Rubric	Various parts of the bowl are reviewed, making expectations clear and grading easy.
Mimbres Dig Worksheet	Students can fill in this sheet as they do the "Mimbres Dig."
Pot With Exposed Coils Rubric	Grading is simpler and expectations more clearly defined with a rubric.
Slip Decorated Coil Pot Rubric	Each rubric can be downloaded and modified to suit the class expectations.

Unit Four: Slab Construction

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Unit Five:

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