I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the material at a deeper and more critical level:
Read
https://smarthistory.org/lam-the-jungle/
Answer these questions as you read:
- How did Lam explore the personal and the unconscious in art?
- What aspects of his ancestral heritage did he depict in The Jungle?
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