Summary
How four giant presidents' faces were carved into a South Dakota mountain — and why the land they were carved on means something important to the Lakota people.
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How four giant presidents' faces were carved into a South Dakota mountain — and why the land they were carved on means something important to the Lakota people.
- How did workers carve huge faces into a mountain?
- Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
- Why do the Lakota people have a different view of this land?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: monument, sculpture, perspective.
Try it: If you carved a monument, whose face would you choose and why? Sketch it.