Cultural Heritage and American Icons

What American perspective does Kadir Nelson focus on in his work?

• Mexican American

• Irish American

• African American

• Italian American

What makes Kadir Nelson's art really stand out?

• His paintings are very realistic, and almost look like photographs

• It looks like a cartoon

• The German American traditions

• The Mexican American traditions

What is "cultural heritage"?

• Ways of living passed down through tangible (things you can hold) or intangible (things you can't hold) customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values.

• Only stories that are told

• Only photographs that are passe down

• Where someone lives

This book was NOT written by Kadir Nelson, who is the author that wrote this book series?

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Tomie de'Paola

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Eric Carle

What is Tomie's cultural heritage?

• Mexican American

• African American and Mexican American

• Irish American and Italian American

• Italian American and Mexican American

This art is NOT made by Kadir Nelson, which artist created this work?

• Carmen Lomas Garza

• Tomie de'Paola

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Pablo Picasso

Which writer has written over 250 books?

• Carmen Garza

• Tomie DePaola

• Laura Wilder

• Kadir Nelson

I am an artist whose paintings show positive images of Mexican-American families.

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I wrote a series of books about pioneer life on the prairie.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder was an author and an illustrator.

• True

• False