Mount Rushmore

by Susan Gaer

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Who Carved Mount Rushmore? Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents. Can you name these presidents ?
How did they come up with the name Mount Rushmore? Mount Rushmore is named after a New York City attorney. Charles E. Rushmore was sent out to this area in 1884 to check legal titles on properties. On his way back to Pine Camp he asked Bill Challis [a local resident and guide] the name of this mountain. Bill replied, "Never had a name but from now on we'll call it “Rushmore."
Credits Photography by Richard English https://studio360.pro/ Mount Rushmore Rocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cq7MNqujZg History of Mount Rushmore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fApIefqUvSo&t=114s
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Who is carved on Mt Rushmore? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Research to find out why.
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docs.google.com Assignment Task Sheet See task sheet at http://bit.ly/rushtask2 Take the Pre vocabulary assessment to find out what words you know. Look up the ones you do not. Read the short reading Take the text based reading comprehension quiz. Take the Post vocabulary assessment. View the 360 photo w...