SAMPLE: Broken soapstone carvings of various animals in the Jali (Lattice) design, handcarved in India

TEACHING OBJECTIVES:

--To introduce soapstone carvings from two areas and by different cultures, specifically between the intricate lattice-work from India and the realistic style of the Inuit people of Northern Canada

--To introduce the composition of soapstone, a rock that contains varying amounts of the mineral, talc

--To show how to identify the presence of talc in the soapstone
GRADES 1-8