Digital Kente Cloth Art Project
Digital art lessons, such as my kente cloth craft on Google Slides™, make engaging, Black History Month art projects for elementary or middle school! Students will copy and paste shapes to design their kente cloth using step by step directions. The editable reading passage discusses the history of the Akan people of Ghana.
With 168 moveable pieces to choose from, each student’s digital kente project will be unique! The best part? It requires no prep! Simply assign it with Google Classroom™.
Overview of My Digital Kente Cloth Art Lesson
First, students can read about the history of kente created by the Akan people of Ghana. The text is fully editable, so you can customize it. It illustrates the legend behind kente creation, the history of silk, as well as how it’s used today. It also explains kente cloth color meanings.
Next, kids will pick a background and copy and paste designs to form a pattern.
Lastly, once they’ve arranged their digital kente cloth, your students can re-color any of the pieces! Simply tap to select a shape. And click on the paint bucket tool to change the color.
Technology Skills
- Copy & Paste
- Drag & Drop
- Rotating
- Ordering
- Resizing
- Coloring
- Zooming In
What’s Included
- 18 Student Direction Slides – Step-by-step tutorials so kids can create their digital kente cloth independently
- Digital Moveable Pieces – Shapes kids will copy and paste to build their kente
- 8 Background Slides – To paste their project pieces onto
- 1 Kente Cloth History Reading Passage – This is a 1-page document about the kente in Ghana. It is fully editable.
- 4 Teacher Examples – Fully completed samples for demonstrating with
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable PDF (Digital Kente Cloth Project)
- Google Drive Access Link
Why You’ll Love It
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My students loved this activity and were engaged. They created some amazing Kente designs. I used this with both my PreAP and traditional students and had some great designs.
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This was creative lesson that was very well put together. There was excellent information included with this lesson. It easy for me to incorporate. My students enjoyed this project!
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My students really enjoyed making their own Kente Cloth. They created some fantastic designs!
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Jessica F. –
Loved this project! Students were engaged while working and I was able to customize expectations for all learners. I printed some of the final projects to hang in our display case for black history month and they look great! Students and staff- enjoyed learning about kente cloth.
Lorieann R. –
This resource is great and my students really enjoyed it.
Beth H. –
This was creative lesson that was very well put together. There was excellent information included with this lesson. It easy for me to incorporate. My students enjoyed this project!
OWL Adventures (Teacher-Author) –
This was such a great resource, I purchased it twice. LOL 🙂 Thank you for creating!
Wendy K. –
My students loved this activity and were engaged. They created some amazing Kente designs. I used this with both my PreAP and traditional students and had some great designs.
Michala H. –
My students loved this project!
Kara N. –
My students really enjoyed making their own Kente Cloth. They created some fantastic designs!
Jennifer Soares –
I used this as an option in my June art choice board and the kids had a lot of fun with it. Great resources.
Kendall T. –
Creative, useful, and engaging resource. Thank you!
Hope Corizzo –
Awesome resource, especially for kids who don’t have supplies at home. The kids LOVED doing this and i had high engagement. It helps that I’ve used digital projects like this throughout the year, so they were comfortable with the controls inside google slides- if your kids haven’t done it yet, expect to direct often. The colors, styles, symbols were great. Thanks for making such a fun and engaging resource!
Theresa P. –
Teaching art 100% virtual is not fun. This activity worked very well. My students enjoyed it.
Ayanna M. –
Had a blast making this with my students!
Jamie G. –
Loved it!
Happily Every Learning (Teacher-Author) –
We are so excited to do this for art this week!!
Katie C. –
This was one choice on my art choice board last week. It was a nice change from drawing for the students who don’ t like to draw. A lot of students chose this activity.
a Colorful Mixture (Teacher-Author) –
My students absolutely love these digital activities. We have done several of the other ones and my students have mastered the shortcuts in google slides. Love that there are so many options and students can create multiple works. After we have done them as a class, my early finisher always want to go back and make more.