O’Fallon Township High School
2012 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Recipient
Cahokia Pottery Experience
Students will study woodland and Mississippian pottery. Studies will include investigating actual ceramic artifacts including details and notes about surface textures and construction techniques. Students will also dig up local clay, refine it using traditional techniques and create “exact” reproduction of the artifacts. As part of the study plan the students will visit Cahokia Mounds Historic Site to sketch and photograph artifacts in the interpretive center.
