Culture

3.12

Artists Who Save Our Stories

Identify how various writers and artists such as Kadir Nelson, Tomie dePaola, Carmen Lomas Garza, and Laura Ingalls Wilder and their stories, poems, statues, and paintings contribute to the cultural heritage of communities.

Part of The student understands the importance of writers and artists to the cultural heritage of communities

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Intro

Art and Stories Keep Heritage Alive

Today you will learn to identify writers and artists and tell how their stories, poems, statues, and paintings add to the cultural heritage of a community. Cultural heritage means the stories, art, foods, and ways of life that a community passes down over many years. Writers and artists help save these things.