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Folk
Art as a representation
of Appalachian Culture
Culminating Activity
Essential Questions:
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What are some characteristics of Early American Folk Art?
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What/Where is Appalachia?
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What was going on in society when the artist made this artwork?
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How do you think the way of life in the Appalachian region influenced the
artwork?
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What are some characteristics of Appalachian Folk Art?
Culminating performance/product:
As a curator of an art museum, one of your responsibilities is to persuade
the museum collectors to purchase certain pieces of artwork. From the Early
American Folk Art images you have studied in this unit, choose a piece of
folk art for the museum to buy for its collection.
a. Defend
your choice, in a written form, explaining to the museum collectors how it
represents characteristics of Early American Folk Art in the Appalachian region.
b. What are some characteristics of Early American Folk Art?
c. What are some characteristics of early folk life in Appalachia?
d. What can the piece of artwork you have chosen teach visitors
who come to the museum?