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Objectives:
As a result of this activity, students will be able to:
- review the American History course that they have taken, covering the Age of Discovery to the era of Reconstruction.
- integrate the humanities, in this case art, with American history.
- discuss how people, places and events can become visual symbols representing American unity.
Standards:
Michigan Curriculum Framework: Content Strands - Social Studies
Strand I: Historical Perspective
Students use knowledge of the past to construct meaningful understanding of our diverse cultural heritage and to inform their civic judgments.
Strand II Geographic Perspective
Students will use knowledge of spatial patterns on earth to understand processes that shape human environments and to make decisions about society.
Standard II.I Diversity of People, Places, and Cultures
All students will describe, compare, and explain the locations and characteristics of places, cultures, and settlements.
The mosaic of people, places, and cultures expresses the rich variety of the earth. Natural and human characteristics meld to form expressions of cultural uniqueness, as well as similarities among peoples. Culture is the way of life of a group of people including language, religion, traditions, family structure, institutions, and economic activities.
Excerpted from: Social Studies Content Standards and Benchmarks (Michigan Department of Education, 1996).
For more information see The Michigan Curriculum Framework.
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