Task #3 art and social studies integrated with poetry

I would start my lesson with the class veiwing the picture on the site below.

Watercolor drawing "Indians Fishing" by John White (created 1585-1586). Licensed by the Trustees of the British Museum. ©Copyright the British Museum.

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/plate42.html

The integrated unit that we are working on is the Murfreesboro Fisherys.  In our research we have found that the Native Americans had a large part of the techniques used to catch the herring in this area.  They used nets(seines) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine_fishing which was an art. I would use the link to show the student what a seine is and looks like.  They used this as a way to eat.  Many artist have captured the art of fishing but, John White has captured it so nicely in some of his paintings and drawing of the Native Americans at the Roanoke Island.  Although this picture does not show the seines in use I do believe that it gives a clear depiction of the hard work and skill it took for the Native Americans to catch the fish.  I would use this picture as a reflection piece for asking the students what do they see happening and ask them to write and reflect about it and ask the students to anticipate what might happen next in this picture.  This would be a great way to see who has been fishing before by their answers.  I would then use the Internet to google Meherrin river and herring fish.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring I feel like this poem below could be shared and paying more attention to the bold and underlined lines of the poem.  I would ask the students to relate why the herring are associated to stars and why do they mention nets and throwing them?  I then would ask the students to draw there on interpretation of what they think the Native Americans may have seen when they were on the river looking down as they caught the herring.

 Wynken Blynken and Nod

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe--
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!"
Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea--
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish--
Never afeard are we";
So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.

All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam--Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
'T was all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought 't was a dream they 'd dreamed
Of sailing t