Unit 2- Celebrating Freedom and Heritage

behaviors, beliefs, & languages that are passed from generation to generation

• cultural celebration

• cultural heritage

• right

• freedom

Writer who wrote about her childhood and her family's pioneer life

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Tomie dePaola

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Kadir Nelson

Artist and illustrator. Many of his paintings reflect African-American experiences.

• Tomie DePaola

• Kadir Nelson

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

the behaviors and belief of a group

• society

• freedom

• culture

• rights

special events that celebrate the heritage of an ethnic group

• cultural heritage

• cultural celebration

• culture

• freedom

freedom given to citizens

• fairness

• rights

• freedom

• obligations

Painter whose art reflects and honors her Latino Texas community

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Julia Alvarez

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Robert Rodriguez

Writer and illustrator of children's books that brought the stories of his cultural heritage to life.

• Kadir Nelson

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Tomie de Paola

The highest law in the US. It provides the structure for our government.

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

being able to act and think any way you like

• culture

• liberty

• freedom

• rights