Dolls Trunk
Overview:
Students are introduced to dolls around the world and the cultural values that they transmit. Students are invited to learn about a variety of dolls from different cultures and make their own dolls.

Materials in Trunk:

• Teacher Guide
• Smithsonian in Your Classroom, Native American Dolls Lesson and Pictures
• The How-to Book of International Dolls by Loretta Hotz
• A World of Dolls the You Can Make by Lynn Edelman Schnurnberger
• Trouble Dolls by Jimmy Buffett and Savannah Jane Buffett
• Babushkas Doll by Patricia Polacco
• Williams Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
• The Chalk Doll by Charlotte Pomerantz
• Cornhusk, Silk, and Wishbones:  A Book of Dolls Around the World by Michelle Markel
• Three Stalks of Corn by Leo Politi
• Chaska and the Golden Doll by Ellen Alexander
• Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
• What A Doll by Sara Corbett
• A - Daruma Doll, Japan
• B - Nesting Doll, India
• C - Korean Doll
• D - Trouble Dolls (sometimes called worry dolls)
• E - Akuba Doll, Ghana
• F - Kachina Doll, Hopi
• G - Navajo Doll
• H - Hmong Doll
•  I - Zulu Doll
• J - Tamhumarama Doll, Mexico
• K - Storyteller Doll, Pueblo New Mexico
• L - Amish Doll