How do we preserve the memories of great people and events of the past? Who decides which events and people should be memorialized? Who from our past do you feel should be memorialized? Who from our past do you feel should not be memorialized? Objective Understand the role of altars in the preservation of memory and honoring the past. Understand altars can shape and shift meanings of the items they use. Better understand their own beliefs. Further develop their skills in reading analysis and photographic analysis. Background This is a two part lesson. Students will read the section Paterres in Duration: 90 Minutes.