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Article: History Through Art and Architecture.
- Article from:
- School Arts
- Article date:
- December 1, 1991
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Davis Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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This program addresses American art and architecture from the condos of the Anasazi to the present. It is designed for grades four through nine but is useful at all grade levels. Its basic objective is to help students acquire an understanding of the historic and contemporary artifacts of American culture, and to be able to apply it to their present environment and experience.
First as a series of filmstrips, the program is now converted to two videotapes accompanied by a large wall poster, teaching manual, and student workbook. The contents of the program are well presented, authoritative, and cover a remarkable range of objects including blankets, petroglyphs, ...