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Featured Jacob Lawrence Artworks:
- Selected paintings from the Harriet Tubman series: nos. 7, 10, and 20.
- Harriet & The Promised Land, no. 10.
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Click here for a Full text of the Harriet Tubman series
Objectives:
- Students learn about the hero, Harriet Tubman, by interpreting the art of Jacob Lawrence's Harriet Tubman series created in 1939-1940.
- Students understand that one way an artist tells stories is by creating a series of separate images with accompanying text.
- Students brainstorm about what constitutes a hero and how artists portray heroes.
Students learn how the artist used symbols to convey important ideas about Harriet Tubman's heroic deeds.
- Students create their own artwork about a hero, using elements of art to emphasize important characteristics.
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