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WorksheetsCultural Heritage and American Icons
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
Tomie de Paola
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Kadir Nelson
Carmen Lomas Garza
I wrote a series of books about pioneer life on the prairie.
Tomie de Paola
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Phillis Wheatley
Carmen Lomas Garza
Laura Ingalls Wilder was an author and an illustrator.
True
False
Which important person was born in 1974?
Tomie de Paola
Carmen Lomas Garza
Kadir Nelson
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Which important person was born in 1934?
Tomie de Paola
Carmen Lomas Garza
Kadir Nelson
Bill Martin Jr.
Which important person was born in 1948?
Tomie de Paola
Carmen Lomas Garza
Kadir Nelson
Bill Martin Jr.
How old was Laura Ingalls Wilder when she stared writing her books?
30
90
65
25
What did Laura and her family travel in?
A covered wagon
On horses
In a car
They walked everywhere
Who were Laura's books based on?
Her friends
Her family
She made them up
Why did Laura write her books?
So other children would know what life was like when she was growing up
Because she wanted to
She was bored
Who is the author of the Little House on the Prairie series?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Almanzo Wilder
Dr. Seuss
Walt Disney
How did Garza describe her own work?
abstract and complex
impersonal
plain and uninteresting
simple and direct
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
