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Celebrating Modernism at the A Century of Progress World's Fair

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Young scholars examine aesthetic movement known as modernism, discover why organizers chose modernism as World Fair's design pattern, interpret photographs of modernist fair buildings and identify artifacts that reflect modernist ideas, and explain how fair's design was similar to global Art Moderne movement of the time. Students then explore impact of modernism on history of design.

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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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