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Social Studies
+1 Age Levels Middle School (13 to 15 years old), High School (16 to 18 years old)
How can American art be read as a historical text? How can it be used to explore the 2018 National History Day theme of "Conflict and Compromise in History"? This collection examines two works of American art closely, modeling the process of historical inquiry and analysis. It also shares several online resources on reading artwork in a historical context, and suggests additional artworks from SAAM's collection that might support the theme of Conflict and Compromise.
#NHD2018 #NHD
Keywords: Reconstruction, Civil War, John Rogers, Winslow Homer
Reading American Art as a Historical Source
- Published by:
- Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery
- Created by:
- Phoebe Hillemann
- Date Published
- September 11, 2017
- Last Modified
- August 16, 2022
- Description
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How can American art be read as a historical text? How can it be used to explore the 2018 National History Day theme of "Conflict and Compromise in History"? This collection examines two works of American art closely, modeling the process of historical inquiry and analysis. It also shares several online resources on reading artwork in a historical context, and suggests additional artworks from SAAM's collection that might support the theme of Conflict and Compromise.
#NHD2018 #NHD
Keywords: Reconstruction, Civil War, John Rogers, Winslow Homer
#historicalthinking
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