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Module 3A Travel and Tourism Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a gigantic sculpture carved into the granite of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States This epic monument displays the faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln The beautiful Black Hills provide a magnificent surrounding for the sculpture Rushmore’s real creator was a man called Doane Robinson In 1923, he had a vision of a massive monument, but he imagined something quite different He dreamed of giant statues of local western heroes such as Buffalo Bill, Lewis and Clark and the Sioux warriors Most people thought his idea was ludicrous and impossible Nevertheless, he managed to get the attention of a senator who agreed to help Robinson with the project In 1924, a famous American sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, accepted the job on one condition: to change the regional heroes and select four presidential figures The sculptor began to work in the mountain three years later He had to employ more than 400 workers, mostly unemployed miners Most of the sculpture was made with the help of pneumatic drills and dynamite The creation of the monument took 14 years to complete Sadly, Borglum could not see it in all its glory because he died before its completion His son, Lincoln, was in charge of refining the sculpture and completing the delicate work Mount Rushmore National Memorial has become a popular place to visit by tourists all over the world, a truly American icon English Toolkit - Language & Culture Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Come visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial! Module 3A Activities 1 Scan the text and state if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F) a The man who had the initial idea of Mount Rushmore Monument was Gutzon Borglum b The project was welcomed immediately by public opinion c The monument features the faces of four famous men in American history d The workers employed for the job were mainly sculptors e Borglum’s son had to finish his father’s work the wordsearch The words may appear in any direction a to make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone: b to show something to people, or put it in a place where people can see it easily: c very large and impressive: d completely unreasonable: e a tool or machine used for making holes in something: R A W R I C D A K Y Y E T O A Y C L A E L I M R C X D L I P U N V I K R P S D I B E E Z I S U O R C I D U L I N M S T H G O L K R V D W O 3 Complete the diagram with nouns and verbs from the text that are related to sculpture Sculpture Nouns Verbs 4 Project work: in pairs, think of a tourist attraction in your country to make a brochure Include historical information and other reasons for visiting it You can also include pictures if you want! English Toolkit - Language & Culture L E A Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 2 Read the definitions and match them with the words in