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Carving Tools at Mount Rushmore for Grades K, 1 and 2

Grade Level:
Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Subject:
Math
State Standards:
Visual Arts for Kindergarten through 2nd grade
U.S. National Standards for Visual Arts
Grade k-4 Visual Arts Standard 1 (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/standards/national/arts-standards/k-4/visual-arts/visual-arts-1.aspx)

Students will practice identifying and correctly naming geometric shapes within Mount Rushmore. Students will learn about the marks that carving tools make. Students will also learn about the processes of rock removal at Mount Rushmore and why the different tools were used at each point of the process.

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Last updated: February 22, 2022