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Designing a Monument

Grade Level:
High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Subject:
Math
State Standards:
Visual Arts for 9th through 12th grades
U.S. National Standards for Visual Arts
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/standards/national/arts-standards/9-12/visual-arts/visual-arts-1.aspx

Students utilize resources available in the art classroom to recreate the Mount Rushmore Sculpture, or design their own version, where they choose the four figures from history they feel should be represented by the monumental sculpture. Students will present their final art piece to the classroom with a persuasive argument for their choices of the figures.

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Last updated: February 22, 2022