Cultural Heritage

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer describing culture?

• birthdays

• drummer

• music

• landforms

Literature, languages, food habits, dressing style, and other practices also form a part of our _______.

• cultural heritage

• natural heritage

• art

Laura Wilder wrote the "Little House" series of books to show what life was like for _____.

• Native Americans

• pioneers

• Italians

• Hispanics

Diane Gonzales Bertrand wrote books about her Tejano heritage.

• True

• False

Tomie dePaola was _____.

• an American Indian painter

• an author and illustrator

• a Mexican-American sculptor

Kadir Nelson wrote We Are the Ship to

• share about his own baseball experiences

• share the story of the Negro League Baseball

• teach others how to paint

Sharing art helps us learn about how different cultures live, work, and think.

• false

• true

Gordon Parks used _____ to share culture.

• books

• music

• photography

Carmen Lomas Garza was punished for speaking ____ in an American school. She used her experiences to create painting of families making tamales and dancing to Tejano music.

• French

• Spanish

• English

Read the passage:

Which words help the reader understand the meaning of "cultural heritage"?

• collection of places

• history of a people

• passed down

• our ancestors