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Where was Daniel Chester French born?
New Hampshire
What statue did Chester French make at the northern bridge in Concord, Massachusetts?
The Minuteman statue
What is the name of the town Dan’s family moved to to be closer to Boston by train? Name two of the famous thinkers who lived in this town?
Concord, Massachusetts
Amos Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
Name three different states that the marble/granite of the Lincoln monument came from.
Tennessee, Colorado, and Massachusetts
Name two famous events and/or speeches that have occurred at the Lincoln Memorial since it was built.
-Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech
-Barak Obama's commemoration speech of the 50th anniversary of I have a Dream
-Easter Sunday Concert - In 1939, after being denied the opportunity to perform at nearby Constitution Hall because of her race, the great contralto Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial.
What did he carve the turnip into?
A frog
What is Daniel Chester French's most famous statue?
The Lincoln Memorial
What is the name of Dan’s first commissioned statue? And what does it represent?
Minuteman; represents farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War
Who was French and the other people in this story mourning and why?
President Abraham Lincoln because he was assassinated.
Explain why Monument Maker relates to the theme of slavery and the history of oppression. Give at least two events from the text.
-Lincoln Memorial celebrates the life of Lincoln and how he ended the practice of slavery in the US.
-The Lincoln Memorial has stood as symbol of equality based on its use for civil rights.
-Other reasonable reasons accepted.
What significant political even happened in 1860? (Hint: Not the Civil War starting)
Abraham Lincoln was elected president
Who is the neighbor that taught and encouraged Daniel Chester French?
May Alcott
Why wasn't Dan present for the unvieling of the Minuteman Statue?
Dan sailed to Florence, Italy to study and work (in the studio of Boston-born sculptor, Thomas Ball).
How was the Lincoln Memorial created? Give details about who was involved and what was involved.
Henry Bacon has asked Dan to create it, Dan created 10 inch clay model, working model, then 7 ft clay sculpture to the Piccirilli Brothers who then used a pointing machine to enlarge model and had the 28 pieces put together. Answers may vary. Judges discretion.
What significant person did Daniel Chester French lose early in his life?
His mother.
How did French get to Florence, Italy?
He rode a steamboat
What year did Daniel Chester French go to Italy?
1876
Why did Daniel sculpt Abraham Lincoln’s hands differently for Lincoln’s statue at the Lincoln Memorial?
The fist represents the firmness needed to hold the country together and the open hand represents what Lincoln needed to be to hear the American people’s many voices and move the country toward healing
Who do you think is a hero in this story? Well-supported answers accepted.
will accept answers for Dan and Lincoln. (Key words: "We are not enemies but friends", slavery, he longed for peace, "man who saw straight when all the rest were seeing crooked"
Which people do you think were most important in helping Daniel Chester French on his journey to becoming a sculptor? (2 people or groups should be listed. Answers may vary somewhat)
-May Alcott
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Thomas Ball
-Piccirilli Brothers
Who were the main people who helped French assemble the Lincoln Memorial?
the Piccirilli Brothers (Attilio, Ferrucio, Furio, Getulio, Masaniello, and Orazio)
Where did Chester French work as a kid?
On the family farm
How did the Piccirillis brothers carve Abraham Lincoln’s statue?
The Piccirillis brothers carved the statue in twenty-eight pieces.
What year did Dan first see the completed statue of the Lincoln Memorial?
1922
Why do you think this book relates to the theme of mental trauma? Open ended.
-The nation and individual citizens had to process the traumatic loss of Abraham Lincoln.