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Statue Visits

What if a statue could leave its pedestal and explore the world around it? Students will imagine bringing a statue to life and then write about the adventures their statue would have.

Lesson Plan

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Since ancient times, statues have served to represent a significant event that occurred in the area, extol an ideal, or commemorate an important historical figure. They are solid immovable fixtures. But what if you could bring one to life and give it a tour of another area? Have students think about statues they're familiar with. It might be the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, the Great Sphinx of Giza, or any others.

  • Step 2

    Ask students to choose a specific statue and research its history and location. Then have them imagine bringing the statue to life and taking it on a tour to another location. Where would the student and statue go? What sites would they see? How would they describe the destinations to the statue? Ask students to draw a picture of their statue visiting another place. Have them write a sentence on the drawing that describes the location and then a paragraph or two about the statue they chose and the locations they would tour.

  • Step 3

    Ask students to present their statue stories and drawings and discuss the significance of the statue seeing other areas, including comments about why they chose these touring locations for their destinations.

Standards

LA: Write using words, numbers, and images to inform and explain, share experiences, and create narratives, either fictional or non-fictional.

SS: Time, Continuity, and Change: Read, reconstruct, and interpret the past. Imagine the future. Place oneself in various times and spaces and reflect on change.

Adaptations

Challenge students to design a new statue or monument to commemorate a person or event either from contemporary times or history. Ask them to sketch an image of it and write why they chose to memorialize this event or person.

Encourage students to read "The New Colossus," the poem written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 that is engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal. Have them explore the meaning of the poem. What does "Colossus" refer to? Who are the "huddled masses"? Why is "Mother of Exiles" an alternate name for the Statue of Liberty?