Unit 2: Cultural influencers

Kadir Nelson and Carmen Lomas Garza both ...

• teach children about new cultures and languages

• describe how the west was won

• celebrate their heritage through art

• created images for the Pixar movie, Toy story.

Which sentence best states a central idea about the work of Tomie dePaola?

• Tomie dePaola sang songs about immigrants.

• Tomie dePaola carved statues of famous settlers.

• Tomie dePaola was an author and illustrator who shared his culture through stories.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is bets known for ...

• Her books about early life on the frontier.

• Singing the National Anthem.

• Creating art that depicted her life.

• Creating music about life on the frontier.

Who is the artist that painted this?

• Kadir Nelson

• Mrs. A

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Carmen San Diego

____________ created many works that are important to African American culture.

• Obama

• Tomie dePaola

• Kadir Nelson

• Martin Luther King JR.

True or False: Artists are important to communities.

• True

• False

____________ is the beliefs, traditions, and celebrations of a group of people.

• Culture

• Karma

• Religion

• Holidays

__________ one way people express their culture.

• Celebrations are

• Seasons are

• Harvesting crops is

• Location is

Sharing stories is one way people share their __________.

• generations

• Culture

• Favorite recipes

• feelings on Tik Tok

The Little House series of books help us __________.

• write stories.

• become better cooks since we have kitchens.

• understand life as a pioneer.

• survive in the wild.