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Traditional Stories

Click on the name of the school to see the art work from that school.

Some of the art work have stories about them.

When you see this symbol   story   click on it to read the story.

When you see this symbol   art   click on it to return to the art.

KAURNA AND NARRUNGA

Two traditional stories, Kondoli the Whale and Winda the Owl, were the basis of the art work from   Kaurna Plains Aboriginal School   in Australia.

ZUNI

Students at   A:shiwi Elementary School   in New Mexico, U.S.A. chose a variey of medium for their art work.

KAREN

The Karen students at   Umphangkee School   and   Samakkee Witthaya School   in Thailand created art work based on their environment.

TAOS

Students from   Taos Day School   in New Mexico, U.S.A. used batik, water colour and line drawing to depict traditional stories and important features of their pueblo.

CHOCTAW

The Choctaw Challengers from the Choctaw Tribal Schools in Mississippi, USA participated in the art project.

The 3rd. graders at   Pearl River Elementary School   have written a cinquain poem to give meaning to their art work. Their art work is a crayon resist done on a greeting card. They chose symbols that represent their culture.

The 3rd. through 8th. graders at   Bogue Chitto Elementary School,   Conehatta Elementary School   and    Tucker Elementary School   have created art work to go with stories that retell Choctaw "Spitit Tales"

The students from   Choctaw Central Middle School   and   Choctaw Central High School   wrote stories and poems to go with their art work.

MAPUCHE

Members of The First Peoples' Club at   Escuela CPEM 3   in Argentina participated in the art project.

CYGANY

Students from the   Children's Home   in Pecs, Hungary have created their own web page to display their art work.

KOORIE

Koorie students from south-eastern Australia based their art work on traditional stories and designs. Visit the art gallery of each the following schools:

Nowa Nowa Primary School
Bairnsdale Primary School
Bruthen Primary School
Paynesville Primary School
Bairnsdale Secondary College
Bairnsdale West Primary School
Woolum Bellum KODE School

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