Tornado Over Kansas by John Steuart Curry, 1897-1946
1. What is special about the house in the painting, Tornado Over Kansas? __________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are the boys carrying down into the cellar with them? (Look at the enlarged view.) _________________________________________________________________________
3. Where did Curry get his idea for the painting of the elephants? __________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why didn't people in Kansas like his paintings? ______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is shown in his painting called Sanctuary ? ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think he named it Sanctuary? ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. Curry painted another storm picture. What is it called ? ______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 7. Who was Baby Ruth? _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 8. Have you ever been in a storm? Tell about it. What happened? How did you feel? _________ ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
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