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Share your thoughts about the following:
- What reactions or questions do you have about the memorial for Native Americans?
- What is YOUR definition of a memorial?
- What memorials do you know about? What are they? What are they for? (Option: visit my Portaportal and choose a memorial to "tour" in the "Memorial Field Trip" folder).
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One word to describe my reaction, “Neat.” (I believe it looks pretty neat)
When was it constructed?
Where was it constructed?
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My definition for memorial: something used to remember something by.
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Statue of Liberty: It’s a monument that is supposed to be seen as a symbol for freedom.
The Lincoln Memorial: It’s a huge statue of Abraham Lincoln to honor him for what he has done.
The Washington Monument: It’s a gigantic obelisk used to honor the George Washington.
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial: It’s a mountain sculpture of 4 presidents. It’s suppose to represent the founding, growth and preservation of the U.S.. (You should watch the “Adam Ruins Everything” about this. )
9/11 Memorial: It’s a memorial used to honor the people killed in the attack. It has every recorded name of someone who has lost their lives due to the event.
I think it looks pretty ''neat'' too.
Delete1. My reaction was that it looks interesting. My question was how did they get the idea to make the feathers into a bowl shape?
ReplyDelete2. My definition is for a memorial: Something made in order to remember something important.
3. A memorial I know about is the Lincoln Memorial which is a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a huge chair. It is meant to memorize everything they did for our country.
1. My reaction was that I thought it was really really cool and I wondered what made them build the statue.
ReplyDelete2. My definition of memorial is something that is to make people remeber an event or a person. Also to honor someone.
ReplyDelete3. Mt. Rushmore - Is a sculpture of our first four presidents. They were chose to represent founding, growth, and preservation of the United States.
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