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In this lesson, students are introduced to Oakland artist, Pallavi Sarup and her piece "Watan Blues," a fabric butterfly that carries her grandparents' story of the 1947 Partition of India. Through a compare-and-contrast T-chart, students connect monarch migration to Pallavi's family history and their own, then create their own dyed-fabric butterfly and artist statement reflecting their family's journey. By the end, they understand that art can hold a family's history across generations, even for those who weren't there to live it.
This lesson can be used for Art, perfect for grades 6-8, adaptable for grades 9-12.
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This curriculum was created for REALSOUL's "Distance Between: Stories of Refuge, Remembering, and Return" (2026). It would not have been possible without our partners: San Francisco Arts Commission, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, the Association of Chinese Teachers, and San Francisco Unified School District.
In this lesson, students are introduced to Oakland artist, Pallavi Sarup and her piece "Watan Blues," a fabric butterfly that carries her grandparents' story of the 1947 Partition of India. Through a compare-and-contrast T-chart, students connect monarch migration to Pallavi's family history and their own, then create their own dyed-fabric butterfly and artist statement reflecting their family's journey. By the end, they understand that art can hold a family's history across generations, even for those who weren't there to live it.
This lesson can be used for Art, perfect for grades 6-8, adaptable for grades 9-12.
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This curriculum was created for REALSOUL's "Distance Between: Stories of Refuge, Remembering, and Return" (2026). It would not have been possible without our partners: San Francisco Arts Commission, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, the Association of Chinese Teachers, and San Francisco Unified School District.
