Lone Star Legacy Curriculum Guide

Lone Star Legacy:An Introduction to Texas Folk Art

This curriculum guide introduces the concept of folklife and the importance traditions have in various ethnic communities around the state of Texas. The curriculum materials provide an overview of these communities and their art forms, focusing on three different Texas folk art traditions: Mexican-American piñata making, willow chair making, and the many folk art forms associated with Texas ranching. This curriculum guide, while useful alone, works best in conjunction with a slide show available through Texas Folklife Resources. If you are interested in renting the 14-minute slide-tape program that accompanies these curriculum materials, please contact TFR at (512) 441-9255.

Pass It On Curriculum Guide

This wide-ranging and thorough curriculum guide provides information on many diverse folk art traditions found in the state of Texas. Traditions discussed in these materials include: adobe construction, Cambodian dance, Mexican-American Conjunto music, metalsmithing, and African-American quilting. Twenty-four Texas traditions are included in all. Pass It On provides background information on each folk art form and also identifies an individual or ensemble actively practicing this tradition in Texas today. Bibliographic materials are suggested for further research on the topics, and booking arrangements for many of the artists can be arranged through TFR. For information on arranging classroom visits for a Pass It On artist, please call us at (512) 441-9255.