   How to Use the Activities   Inquiry Question  Historical
Context     Table of  Putting It All Together  The following
activities will help students better understand art as a
historical resource and differences between American Indian
cultures.  Activity 1: Drawing Conclusions from Art With a
partner, have students examine Paintings 1 and 2, looking
closely and reading the paintings as they would a book, from
left to right and from top to bottom. Ask them to go over the
paintings several times, each time attempting to pick up new
details. Some techniques include dividing the paintings into
grids, or looking at the background first, then the foreground,
next, groups of objects or people, individual items, portions of
the human body and so on. Students should then make lists of
items such as the number of earthlodges, the number of people
performing certain activities, the types of actions depicted,
and the types of clothing, weapons, tools, and sports equipment
shown and then classify the data in a matrix u