“Maya Lin: Architect of Memory” Vocabulary Practice

Some tools are _____ from a time when they are useful to people. artifacts dedicated equality exhibits

artifacts – plural noun – things left over from an earlier time "Oh Boy Is This Great" artifacts – plural noun – things left over from an earlier time

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The mayor ______ a new museum to the memory of the founders of the city. site equality exhibits dedicated

"Oh Boy Is This Great" dedicated – verb – set apart from a special purpose or use

The Constitution of the United States provides for the _____ of all Americans under the law. exhibits site equality artifacts

equality – noun – the quality or condition of being equal "Oh Boy Is This Great" equality – noun – the quality or condition of being equal

We went to see the _________of fossils at the museum exhibits site artifacts dedicated

exhibits – plural noun – things shown on display "Oh Boy Is This Great" exhibits – plural noun – things shown on display

Our house is at a mountain ____ with a beautiful view. site artifacts dedicated equality

site – noun – the position or location of something "Oh Boy Is This Great" site – noun – the position or location of something

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was designed by architect Maya Ying Lin 1981 who said her idea was that “The names would become the memorial”.

Civil Rights Memorial In Montgomery, Alabama is a memorial to 40 people who died in the struggle for equal and integrated treatment of people of European and African descent. The concept of Maya Lin's design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water. 1989

The Wave Field at the University of Michigan A pure earth sculpture, made entirely of soil covered with grass, collapses the boundaries between nature and art, earth and  water, object and pedestal. The sculpture, which took over two years to complete, is approximately 90 feet by 90 feet square.   Maya Lin 1996  

The Coquina Clock Tower Daytona Beach's Oceanfront Park The architect, Allen J. McDonough, used beautiful native Florida coquina rock, which was quarried locally, to build this impressive Clock Tower structure Has stood as a symbolic landmark for the "World's Most Famous Beach" since 1938. Its four, one-of-a-kind, clock dials [which are actually transparent] feature the twelve letters of the city (D-A-Y-T-O-N-A-B-E-A-C-H) instead of the traditional one through twelve numerals.

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