The document discusses how symbols and traditions are transmitted across generations through culture and how certain things have come to represent America. It notes how Victor Hugo predicted that printed media would surpass buildings in conveying ideas over time. Specific examples given of symbols of America include apple pie, which was brought by Europeans and popularized by Johnny Appleseed, and baseball, which evokes nostalgia as the country's pastime and was an early form of entertainment. The document concludes by instructing students to collaboratively create a pie sculpture by each building an individual slice incorporating different designed elements.

2. a thing that represents or stands for
something else, especially a material
object representing something abstract

3. the transmission of customs or beliefs
from generation to generation, or the
fact of being passed on in this way.

4. Thinking about America!

5. In Notre-Dame de Paris (also known as The
Hunchback of Notre Dame), Victor Hugo wrote
a line oft-repeated by architecture scholars:
“This will kill that. The book will kill
the edifice.” Buildings once transmitted
ideas across centuries.
• Ancient Romans would march through
arches to celebrate victory.
• “golden Arches” stand for a victory for
globalization
• Really stood for getting the attention of
people from the street
• Victor Hugo said mass media and
printed word would become historical
and cultural dominant

6. • “There are few things as American
as Apple Pie”
• Adapted from England in the new
world after the Romans brought
apples there
• a lot of our culture which has been
adopted from Europe
• John Chapman aka Johnny
Appleseed made “Apple Pie”
become “American” by association

7. • Evokes more nostalgia among
Americans
• Game that has been around for
169 years today!
• Similar to the English game
known as rounders
• Popular right after Civil War
• “Americas Past time”
• Baseball was the equivalent
to video games today.
**a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past,
typically for a period or place with happy personal
associations.

8. As a class, we are going to create a pie.
• Each student will create an individual slice of pie
• Each slice will include a variety of hand built items
• Minimum of 4 different items on a slice
• Focus on elements of design: shape, size,
texture
Wet Stage: 9/26