Puzzled by Stag at Sharkey’s?
Use this puzzle to explore George Bellows’ motivations and inclinations in painting Stag at Sharkey’s. For a larger, more responsive, format paste this url in your browser… Read More
Look and Learn with Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
Explore the times and traditions that shaped Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware and consider how he used artistic license to promote democratic values. This interactive gallery… Read More
Look and Learn with George Catlin’s Indian Gallery
View George Catlin’s Indian Gallery and the Edward Curtis Collection with 50 Native American leaders and writers from the 1800s through an interactive gallery walk that builds… Read More
Look and Learn with George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s
Explore the times and traditions that shaped George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s through an interactive gallery walk that builds on students’ interests. This interactive gallery walk can… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Indian Gallery
Teach close reading skills, portraiture, and implicit stereotypes with George Catlin’s Indian Gallery. Share the Look and Learn interactive module with your students. George Catlin’s Indian Gallery… Read More
Give Voice to the Zong Massacre and the Slave Trade’s Middle Passage
J.M.W. Turner’s The Slave Ship provides a compelling starting point for an inquiry study that combines the power of slave narratives and ekphrastic poetry to illuminate the… Read More
Analyze How Folklore and Historical Accounts Shape National Identity
Grant Wood’s Parson Weems’ Fable provides a compelling starting point for an inquiry into how folklore and historical accounts shape national identity and promote shared American values…. Read More
Teach Writers Character Development with Tragic Prelude
John Steuart Curry’s Tragic Prelude offers mentor art for teaching students character development. Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor art can likewise… Read More
Explore Moral Responses to Righteous Causes and Fanaticism
John Steuart Curry’s striking portrait of the contentious abolitionist John Brown sparks an inquiry into the complex interplay between moral conviction, righteous causes, and the perils of… Read More
Recognize the Value of Wildlife Conservation and National Parks
Albert Bierstadt’s The Last of the Buffalo serves as a compelling entry point for an inquiry study on the urgent need for wildlife conservation and the enduring… Read More