Curated OER
American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.
Curated OER
American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.
Other
Global Gallery: Albert Bierstadt
This site provides a short history of Bierstadt's life. Also includes a link to view other works by Bierstadt.
Other
Memory Is a Painter: The Art of Grandma Moses
This site has a short biography with three enlargeable images of the work of Grandma Moses.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Martin Johnson Heade
"Cattelya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds," by Martin Johnson Heade is shown and analyzed on this site. Also, a short exercise on the five senses, and a word puzzle at the end for students to try.
Other
New Bedford Whaling Museum: William Bradford: Sailing Ships and Arctic Seas
Online exhibit of the life and work of nineteenth-century American marine artist William Bradford, whose lifelong interest in the sea led him north from New Bedford to Labrador and to the Arctic Ocean. See examples of Bradford's...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The West, the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Four nineteenth-century landscape paintings that suggest the meaning of the West in American life.
Other
Ecuador Pictures
A pictorial photo gallery of Ecuador that demonstrates the beauty of this small South American country. View animals, landscapes, towns, monuments, parks, the Rainforest, waterfalls, and so much more.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Journey Through Hallowed Ground
At this site from National Park System you can meander through Virginia's Piedmont and view beautiful landscapes and buildings while learning the history of the area. This trail is the result of many organizations working together to...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Hudson River School Artists
A discussion of the Americanization of painting in the early 1800s with the artists who were part of the Hudson River School of Art. Read about the new audience for their paintings and the subject matter.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America, 1870 1912: Visions of the West
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards, historical documents, literary texts, and works of art, thematically organized with notes and discussion questions....
Library of Congress
Loc: Panoramic Photographs
Enjoy this collection of over 4,000 panoramic photographs of America from 1851-1991. Each of the 50 states is represented as well as several foreign countries and U.S. territories. Highlights of the collection include disasters, sports,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Jackson Inauguration (Lesson Plan)
A lesson plan in which students examine the inauguration of Andrew Jackson in 1828. They discuss how his election signaled changes in the American political landscape and embodied the culture of his era. They also compare the politics of...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Lois Mailou Jones
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Lois Mailou Jones, an American painter and educator whose works reflect a command of widely varied styles, from traditional landscape to African-themed abstraction.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Singer Sargent
Biography of the artist John Singer Sargent and four paintings are featured. Links to important people in his life.
Curated OER
Albert Bierstadt, Storm in the Mountains
Four nineteenth-century landscape paintings that suggest the meaning of the West in American life.