This lesson was performed by my partner Lydia and I. We got the inspiration from the Easter holiday coming up at the time, however we tied in a basket weaving lesson with many basket weaving traditions throughout history. Whether the baskets were for holidays such as Easter, or Mayday or simply for cultural aspects such as Native American basket weaving and African cultures that weave as well. We talked about the uses for a basket weaving and then allowed our students to create their very own basket and decorate it however they pleased. They then had to write a written response to tell us about what they learned and why they decorated their basket the way they did.
Step 1: Using a paper cup, have the students cut an odd number of tabs all the way down to the bottom of their cup. We used 9-11 tabs, but the more tabs, the longer the weaving process will take. Or cut the tabs for them, whichever works better for your class.
Step 2: Tape the free end of yarn to the bottom of the cut, cup. They can either take a large amount of string, over 4 wingspans, or keep it connected. Then begin weaving in an A,B,A,B (or under, over, under, over) pattern around the cup.
Step 3: Keep the string tight, and pull it down as necessary to ensure no cup is showing. Continue weaving to the desired height and cut off the excess tabs, leaving a little bit so the string doesn’t slip off.
Step 4: Decorate your basket as desired! I chose a Christian Easter Basket to represent my faith, however non religious options are available.
My partner and I tied this into social studies, and or the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings to extend and integrate this lesson. We did this by connecting the lesson to Standard 3.H.2.3 this will allow you to connect multiple cultures and their needs and connections to basket weaving with the project. If you wish to connect more to the OSEU standards, then the lesson must learn towards Native Americans Culture.
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