Almost all students can connect to it Helps students to visualize otherwise difficult concepts Helps...
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Teaching History With Art
Who am I?
Why do I use Art? Almost all students can connect to it Helps students to visualize otherwise
difficult concepts Helps students remember content
because it is easier to remember an image!
My students like it!
Art as a “Hook”
Diego Rivera, The Disembarkation at Vera Cruz, 1951
John Vanderlyn, Landing of Columbus,1847
Art to Illustrate a Concept
George Innes Lackawanna Valley,1855
Winslow Homer Visit from the Old Mistress 1876
Complete the speech and thought bubbles to indicate what these women are saying to each other AND thinking about each other.
Norman LewisEvening Rendezvous1962
Art as a Review
John GastAmerican Progress1872
Robert Rauschenberg,Signs, 1970.
Art as an Assessment
Based on what we learned today, what’s wrong with this picture? Identify at least THREE specific errors. Why might the artist have painted the scene this way?
As an AssessmentCircle FOUR items in the painting that
show industrialization and urban growth
William Louis Sonntag, Jr. The Bowery at Night1895
The Bowery, 1895PHOTOGRAPH PAINTING
As an AssessmentDescribe the scene in this picture from
the perspective of any of the characters – include at least THREE specific facts you
learned today about the Civil Rights Movement.
Norman RockwellThe Problem We All Live With1963