Cultural Skills Program

• Each unit consists of three levels of skill-specific activities that can be completed on your own, or as part of a lodge group or class.
• For each level, you’ll complete a few activities, email (or mail) them in to Sons of Norway Headquarters, get feedback, and earn a pin in recognition of your accomplishments.
• When you complete part 1 of your first unit you’ll receive a Cultural Skills pin, a skill bar and a level 1 bar. You’ll receive additional level bars when you complete parts 2 and 3 of that skill, and new skill bars when you complete level 1 of a new skill

Traditional Norwegian Cooking
Part 1: Your Favorites                        Cooking Report One
Part 2: Baked Goods and Desserts    Cooking Report Two
Part 3: Meat or Fish Dishes               Cooking Report Three

Literature
Part 1: A Survey of Norwegian Literature
Part 2: Fiction, Poetry and Drama
Part 3: Nonfiction
​     Reader Response Forms:     Complete One Reader Response Form for each part of this unit.
​     Fiction & Drama
     Poetry
     Fiction

Collecting Norwegian and North American Stamps
Part 1:  Commemorative Stamps
             Level 1 Report Form
Part 2: Definitive Stamps
​             Level 2 report Form
Part 3: Special Stamps
​             Level 3 Report Form

Norwegian Rosemaling
Part 1: Basic Strokes, Flower Form, and Scroll
​Part 2: Completed Design
Part 3: Create an Original Design

Part 1: Basic Strokes, Flower Form, and Scroll
Part 2: Completed Design
Part 3: Create an Original Design

Part 1: Basic Strokes, Flower Form, and Scroll
Part 2: Completed Design
​Part 3: Create an Original Design

Genealogy–Family History 
Part 1: Part 1 Getting Started
Part 2: Expanding Your Ancestor Chart
Part 3: Finishing Your Ancestor Chart and Family Group Sheets
Ancestor Chart
Family Groups Chart
Sources Citation Sheet
Additional Resources

Knitting
Part 1: The Basics
Part 2: Knitting in the Round with Two Colors
Part 3: Knitting in the Norwegian Way

Norwegian Language and Culture
Go to the YouTube playlist
Part 1: The Basics of Norwegian Language
Part 2: A Sampling of Norwegian Culture
Part 3: A Topic from Norwegian Language or Norwegian Culture

​Hardanger Embroidery
Go To YouTube

Part 1: The Basics
Level 1 Report Form
Part 2: Increasing Your Skills
Level 2 Report Form
Part 3: Creating an Heirloom
Level 3 Report Form

Figure Carving
Go to the YouTube 
Part 1: The Basics
Part 2: Complete a Detailed Carving
​Part 3: Complete an Original Carving

WeavingTrack 1
Part 1: The Basics – Make a Sampler
Part 2: Inkle or Card Weaving or Rigid Heddle – Complete a Project
Part 3: Create an Original Design

Track 2: Floor or Table Loom Weaving
Part 1: Produce a Sampler
Part 2: Make a Finished Project
Part 3: Create an Original Design

Ornamental Woodcarving
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Go to the YouTube playlist
Part 1: The Basics
Part 2: Flatskurd
​Part 3: Carve the Acanthus

Chip Carving
Get the unit PDF 
Go to the YouTube playlist
Part 1: The Basics
Part 2: Carve Borders
Part 3: Carve Rosettes
Online Resources

Folk Dancing
​Get the unit PDF 
Go to the YouTube playlist
Part 1: Easy Dances
Download Part 1 report form
Part 2: Intermediate Dances
Download Part 2 report form
Part 3: Advanced Dances
Download Part 3 report form

Music and Musicians of Norway
Go to the YouTube playlists
Part 1: Folk Music: Roots of Norwegian Music
Download Level 1 report form 
 Download Level 1 YouTube playlist
Part 2: The Nineteenth Century: Edvard Grieg & Contemporaries
Download Level 2 report form 
Download Level 2 YouTube playlist
Part 3: The Twentieth Century: Composers, Performers, Conductors
Download Level 3 report form  
​Download Level 3 YouTube playlist

Youth Cultural SkillsFigure Carving
Get the unit PDF
Folk Dancing
Get the unit PDF
Handknitting 
Get the unit PDF
Hardanger Embroidery 
Get the unit PDF
Norwegian and North American Stamps 
​Get the unit PDF

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