The document discusses the importance of culture and art from different racial and ethnic groups. It asks readers to consider what would be lost if the artistic contributions of African American, white American, and Latin American/Hispanic American artists were eliminated from culture. Specifically, it mentions important paintings and musicians from each group that have shaped music and taught history. It concludes by asking readers to think about their own cultural background and what would be lost if the groups they identify with were eliminated.

1. How Important is Your Culture? Where are you from? What music, art, traditions are important to you? What groups are you a part of?

2. What Would We Lose If… African American Artists Were eliminated from our culture?

3. Paintings that tell a story and teach important history… Many Mansions by Kerry James Marshall from Art Institute of Chicago Nightlife by Archibald J. Motley from Art Institute of Chicago The Wedding by Jacob Lawrence from Art Institute of Chicago

4. The music that plays now and a great deal more music… Louis Armstrong TuPac Aretha Franklin James Brown Quincy Jones Dr. Dre Julius Williams Stevie Wonder Mary J. Blige Will Smith Wynton Marsalis Mahalia Jackson Nelly

5. What Would We Lose If… White American Artists Were eliminated from our culture?

6. Paintings that tell a story and teach important history… Bar-Room Scene by William Sidney Mount from Art Institute of Chicago View of Cotopaxi by Frederick Edwin Church from Art Institute of Chicago American Gothic by Grant Wood from Art Institute of Chicago

7. The music that plays now and a great deal more music Rascal Flatts John Williams Sarah Caldwell Bruce Springstein Randy Newman Elvis Eminem Carrie Underwood John Mayer Taylor Swift Daughtry Kenny Chesney

8. What Would We Lose If… Latin American and Hispanic American Artists Were eliminated from our culture?

9. Paintings that tell a story and teach important history… Detail from Sueño de un domingo por la tarde en la alameda by Diego Rivera showing La Catrina and Frida Kahlo. Bandada by EnriqueGrau from Museum of Latin American Art Orilla • Riverbank by Tomås Sånchez from Museum of Latin American Art

10. The music that plays now and a great deal more music Cypress Hill Jennifer Lopez Gipsy Kings Marc Anthony Dizzy Gillespie Christina Aguilera Gloria Estefan Enrique Iglesias Santana Jerry Garcia Selena Kat DeLuna

11. NOW…THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE… What’s your cultural background? What’s your religious background? What if all work created by teenagers was eliminated? What would our world lose if the group you connect with was eliminated? What if all work by North Carolineans was banned? Discuss these questions with the group at your table

12. All Images and Sounds are from Public Domain Sources and/or are used within Fair Use Guidelines Created by: Kerri Brown Parker Millbrook High School