Diane Arbus: A Biography | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Russeks - This place is a fur store on 5th Avenue.

Park Ave - This place is an upscale part of New York City with luxurious apartments.

Ethical Culture School - This school was founded by a humanist rabbi.

Fielston School - This school is taught students about the "real world" through ethics classes.

Alice in Wonderland - This item provided captions to a portfolio on children.

Central Park - This place was the favorite haunt of Diane as a teen.

Mud Show - This event is a small carnival which travels from...
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