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
Humanize the Perils of Jim Crow and Institutional Racism
Ben Shahn’s Allegory sets the stage for an inquiry study that explores the far-reaching consequences of Jim Crow laws and housing segregation in the mid 1900s. Ben… Read More
Examine the Morality of Sports Fans and Male Identity
George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s provides a compelling entry point for an inquiry study into the gritty world of prizefighting and its connection to evolving notions of… Read More
Research the Harrowing Existence of Grand Banks Fishermen
Winslow Homer’s The Fog Warning offers a dramatic entry point for an inquiry study into the perilous lives of Grand Banks fishermen and how historical fiction writing… Read More
Experience Migrants’ Hopes and Hurdles
Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series provides a compelling foundation for an inquiry study that delves into the hopes, challenges, and resilience of migrants. Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series vividly… Read More