Meeker's White River Museum has the privilege of having a Smithsonian exhibit on display until February 26th! As a class we will be making some fence posts for our first project of the semester.
We live between Fences.
The United States as we know it could not have been settled and built without fences. They continue to be an integral part of our Nation. Fences stand for security.
FENCED IN or FENCED OUT
WE may hardly notice them, but fences are dominant features in our lives and in our history.
Fences are more than functional objects. They are powerful symbols. The way we define ourselves as individuals and as a nation becomes concrete in how we build fences.
FENCES ARE POWERFUL SYMBOLS
We use them to enclose our houses and our neighborhoods. They are decorative structures that are as much a part of the landscape as trees and flowers. Without fences, agriculture and industry would be difficult to imagine. Private ownership of lands would be an abstract concept.
BETWEEN FENCES IS A COMPELLING LOOK AT PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE HISTORY. ~ Source: White River Museum brochure
For more information, please check this link out:
Smithsonian
EXTRA CREDIT: Visit the White River Museum and write about your experience. If you present it to the class you earn additional extra credit!
EXTRA CREDIT: Read and write a book report about any of the following books for extra credit. Make sure you make reference to our fence project in your report.
Barbed Wire: A Political History by Oliver Razac and Jonathan Kneight
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
The Magic Curtain: The Mexican-American Border in Fiction, Film, and Song by Thomas Torrans
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