Day 3

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Symbolism

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will examine symbolism present in everyday life as well as within the collection.

    Structure:

    In this activity, students will focus both on symbolism in general, as well as symbolism present in the collection.

    Everyday Life Symbols (20 minutes)

    First, as a class, discuss symbols. Symbolism allows people to communicate beyond the limits of language, and humans use symbols all the time. Create a definition as a class. It should be something along the lines of:

    Symbols: A person, situation, or object that represents something else.

    Discuss how religious and cultural symbols generally have a standard...

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