Each year, Georgetown artists focus in-depth on a different culture.  Last year we explored Mexico and South America; this year we are “staying home” and learning about the art found in North America!

We began our 2015 cultural focus by brainstorming American symbols of freedom – each grade created an art piece based on a different U.S. symbol of freedom.

Kindergarten Flags – did you know there is an American flag on the moon?  Neil Armstrong placed it there during the first moon landing on July 20, 1969.

First Grade Liberty Bells – the Liberty Bell weighs 2,080 pounds!

Second Grade Statue of Liberty drawings – we learned so many cool Lady Liberty facts!  Did you know that each eye is 2 1/2 feet wide, and her mouth is 3 feet wide?!

Third Grade bald eagles – who knew they could fly as high as 10,000 feet!

Fourth Grade U.S. Capitol Buildings and Cherry Blossoms.  The Capitol building and Georgetown Elementary share a neat architectural feature – we each have a rotunda and a dome, how cool is that?

Fifth Grade Mayflower and Plymouth Rock – 5th graders were only a little bit freaked out that the Mayflower passengers shared their crowded below-decks space with dogs, sheep, goats, and poultry.  And the bathroom facilities…well, let’s just say this wasn’t a cruise ship with luxury accommodations!

 

Thanks to our Pinterest art teacher community for many project inspirations- Art Projects For Kids/Mayflower Drawings, Elementary Art Fun/Bald Eagles, Whitney Elementary School on Artsonia/Lady Liberty, Deep Space Sparkle/Liberty Bell