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Supporting Question 4: Memory of the Founding
Duration
Two 50-min class periodsSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
9–12Language
English — USPublished
Overview
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Students explore Supporting Question 4 through a series of activities that help them consider how the founding is remembered. First they explore popular representations of our nation’s origins. Then they consider how art can be a corrective to single stories about the founding by analyzing a painting by contemporary artist Titus Kaphur. They conclude with a Formative Assessment Task featuring the Stories thinking routine.
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Supporting Question 4: Memory of the Founding
Supporting Question 3: Using Founding Ideals to Assert Rights
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