Kaleidoscope of Cloth: Molas, Story Cloth, Kente Cloth, and Tapa Cloth.

Stevie Mack and Kathleen Williams. Tucson, AZ: Crizmac Art & Cultural Education Materials (800 913-8555), 2002. Illus., three-ring binder, 72 pp., 6 prints. $68.80.

This well-designed and helpful curriculum resource studies fabric traditions from four diverse cultures. In separate, instructional units, each presenting five different lessons, the curriculum resource features the San Bias Indians, the Hmong of Laos, the Ashanti of Ghana, and the Samoan people. Each of the first four lessons includes objectives, materials needed, an extensive vocabulary, and a variety of approaches to cultural information, questioning strategies, aesthetic factors, studio activities, and other teaching/learning strategies. A fifth lesson suggests interdisciplinary activities in such areas as language arts, math, social studies, music, and physical education. There are also supplements that may include maps, reproducible student handouts, assessment suggestions, a bibliography, and much more. Page layouts are lively and inviting with many photographs, diagrams, boxed facts and discussion questions. In addition there are six 9 x 9" (30 x 30 cm) color prints featuring an example of an exemplar from each unit. This is an exceptional resource for teachers. and designs.