Grades 1-3 Walt Disney!

Walt Disney

Grades 1-3 continue their study on the successful characteristics of powerful people. We knew Walt Disney must have been a fun guy since he created Disneyland and all, but there were many other aspects of his personality and life we didn't know.  Some vocabulary words we studied in this unit were:  sychronized, optimist, urban legend (the legend that Disney froze his body--not true!), and convergence.  We looked at

Grade 1-3: Frederic Remington

Grades 1-3 are studying Frederic Remington, cowboy artist.  Remington grew up in New York City but idolized the wild west and actually went to live as a cowboy.  That life was not for him, but Remington produced true-to-the-west paintings and bronze sculptures   Our classes studied Remington's artistic style and tried it out first hand creating our own bronzed sculptures.

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