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140 Presidents and American Symbols: Supplemental Guide 9 | Carving Mount Rushmore

mines, n. Places where people dig in the ground to remove coal and other

minerals

Example: Miners spend many hours digging in the mines underground

looking for gold.

Variation(s): mine

sculptor, n. Someone who shapes things into objects or designs

Example: The sculptor formed the shape of an animal with clay.

Variation(s): sculptors

Vocabulary Chart for Carving Mount Rushmore

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specific Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

monument

sacred

sculptor

senator

statue

carved

enormous

explode

idea

mountain

president

Multiple Meaning

chisels

dynamite

mines

determined* cut

face

hammer

rock

Phrases

Abraham Lincoln

Black Hills

Doane Robinson

George Washington

Gutzon Borglum

Mount Rushmore

Native American

South Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

Cognates

monumento

sagrado

escultor

senador

estatua

dinamita

mina

enorme

explotar

determinado*

idea

montaña

presidente

roca