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BLACK HILLS: UNE CERTAINE VISION DE L'AMERIQUE... DU MONT RUSHMORE A CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL...ENTRE TRADITIONS ET MODERNITE... - SITE INTERNET POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME. Lundi 2 août 2010.

BLACK HILLS: UNE CERTAINE VISION DE L'AMERIQUE... DU MONT RUSHMORE A CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL...ENTRE TRADITIONS ET MODERNITE... - SITE INTERNET POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME

Le Mont Rushmore, les dessous d'un mythe américain. George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) et Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), quatre des prédécesseurs de Barack Obama sculptés dans la roche d'une montagne de l'Etat du Dakota du Sud dans les années 30 du XXe siècle, un projet démesuré au vu des moyens techniques de l'époque, porté parle sculpteur Gutzom Borglum, qui fut élève de Rodin.

Le Mont Rushmore, les dessous d'un mythe américain

Pas moins de 400 ouvriers participèrent à la réalisation de cette oeuvre sans précédent. La montagne choisie pour la réalisation de cette sulpture s'appelait à l'origine "six grands pères". ce nom lui avait été donnée par les premiers habitants de la région, des américains natifs de la tribu des Sioux Lakota. Le chantier monumental a duré du 4 octobre 1927 au 31 octobre 1941.

Il faut noter que bien que les conditions de sécurité n'aient pas été idéales, que 400 ouvriers furent mobilisés à cet ouvrage, que les travaux durèrent 14 années, aucun accident mortel ne fut à déplorer, un cas rarissime à l'époque. The Rushmore Faces Can Speak, Yes They Can! - Absolutenglish. Home > Multimedia > The Rushmore Faces Can Speak, Yes They Can!

The Rushmore Faces Can Speak, Yes They Can! - Absolutenglish

I came up with the idea of this video as I was discussing a lesson plan with a colleague , his project being to have his students decide who the 5th face on Mount Rushmore could/should be. I then remembered a tool that allows you to make your photos speak: www.blabberize.com (suscribe for free) The online tool contains a small editor to create the moving area around the mouth. The next step was to find some audio that would fit the picture. I searched VOA News (Special English), which remains one of my favourte sites for US civilization and history stuff, and found this article entitled "Visiting 7 Man-Made Wonders in the US" published on 3rd, March 2009 and from which I extracted the specific part about Mount Rushmore.

The audio file attached to a "Blabberized photo" can last up to 30 seconds. The Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota: Outdoors and Cultural Attractions. RV TRIP TIP: Mt. Rushmore, Custer SP & the Black Hills of SD. Culture - Mount Rushmore at 75: How did it come to be? Teased, parodied, used and satirised over and again in books, comic strips, theme parks and films, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial is also one of the best loved visitor attractions in the United States and a fondly held image in the minds of people worldwide.

Culture - Mount Rushmore at 75: How did it come to be?

The stern faces, each 60ft high, were carved between 1927 and 1941 It depicts, of course, the faces of four great US presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln – looming from a granite rock face, set 5,725ft (1745m) above sea level, in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The stern faces, each 60ft (18.2m) high, were carved between 1927 and 1941. Their composition has never been anything less than dramatic. Alfred Hitchcock certainly thought so, spreading the monument’s fame through the final scene of North by Northwest (1959) in which murderous spies pursue impeccably dressed Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint across the silent, stony faces of Washington and company. Carving history. Mount Rushmore Was Supposed to Look Very Different.

Crazy Horse Memorial. USA Crazy Horse Memorial Black Hills, South Dakota Indianermuseum. Crazy Horse Memorial bigger than Mount Rushmore. Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota Summer 2015. The Crazy Horse Monument. Crazy Horse Monument. Who's next in Mount Rushmore ? The hidden room behind Abraham Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore.

Mt. Rushmore's Secrets. Mount rushmore. Mt. Rushmore from the Air. The Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota: Outdoors and Cultural Attractions. Culture - Mount Rushmore at 75: How did it come to be? Crazy Horse Mtn 1948 To 2009 Progress. Mount Rushmore Was Supposed to Look Very Different. Careers - Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Fast Facts. Facts:The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Fast Facts

It is carved in Harney Peak granite and each head is about 60 feet tall. It stands 5,725 feet above sea level. More than two million tourists visit each year. In 2016, 2,431,231 people visited the monument. Timeline:1923 - The idea is suggested by Jonah "Doane" Robinson, secretary of the South Dakota State Historical Society. October 1, 1925 - Mount Rushmore is dedicated as a national monument. October 4, 1927 - Work begins on the monument. July 4, 1930 - The section of George Washington is dedicated. Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Environmental group to carve Donald Trump’s face into the side of Arctic iceberg. Geometry at Mount Rushmore - A Math Lesson. CyArk is an organization building an online library of 3D models of the world's cultural heritage sites.

Geometry at Mount Rushmore - A Math Lesson

Mount Rushmore is one of the places that CyArk features in their galleries of 3D models. You can find the entire collection of places here. Applications for Education In the CyArk lesson plan collection you will find a handful of lesson plans about the mathematics connected to Mount Rushmore.