I showed the class the artwork entitled American Alphabet by artist Heidi Cody. Each letter of the alphabet from A to Z is represented by the first letter of a well-known American product logo. For Example: A is from All Laundry Detergent, B is from Bubblicious Bubble Gum, C is from Campbell’s Soup, and so on. We talked about the identity of these products from popular American culture. Then I showed them the video Looking Past Symbolism: Meaning in Dutch Still Life Painting presented by Smarthistory.org. We learned about symbolism: the use of symbols or images to signify meaning and concepts. Then I asked each student to think about a still life that they will curate that has objects of significance and meaning to them and then to draw it. I gave them the rest of the class to sketch. I also let them look through my Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols by Henry Dreyfuss.