Understanding History and Society through Images, 1776-1914

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.01.12

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Topic Research
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix I: The Common Core State Standards
  7. Appendix II: Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions
  8. Appendix III: Reading/Resource List
  9. Works Cited
  10. Notes

Reading Art in Language Arts: Characterizing Human Atrocities from the Slave Trade to the Second World War

Alveda Zahn

Published September 2014

Tools for this Unit:

Notes

1. Ann Patchet's April 2012 New York Times Opinion Piece titled, "And the Winner Isn't…" (Patchet 2012)

2. The Spirit that Won the War, 1855, Tompkins H. Matteson/The Death of General Warren at the Battle f Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775

3. The Spirit that Won the War, 1855 Tompkins H. Matteson Oil on canvas Overall: 36 1/4 x 48 1/8 in. (92.1 x 122.2 cm) Overall, Frame: 48 1/4 x 60 in. (122.6 x 152.4 cm) Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. (Matteson 1855)

4. Yale University Art Gallery eCatalogue, 2011 (Trumbull 1786)

5. After the Sale: Slaves Going South from Richmond 1853 Eyre Crowe 1824-1910 Oil on canvas 27 x 36 in. Chicago History Museum purchase 1957.27, ICHi-52422 – (Crowe 1853)

See more at: http://www.civilwarinart.org/items/show/62#sthash.nq6E92wf.dpuf

6. Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade, Maurie D. McInnis, 2011 (McInnis 2011)

7. Fiddling His Way, 1866 Eastman Johnson Oil on canvas, 24 ¼ and 36 ¼ in. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 89.60/ circa 1866 Eastman Johnson Oil on paper board, 20 ¾ x 24 ¾ in. Collection of Howard and Melinda Godel (Johnson, Fiddling His Way 1866) (Johnson circa 1866)

8. Eastman Johnson Painting America, Teresa Carbone, Patricia Hill, Jane Weiss, Sarah Burns, Anne C. Rowe, 1999 (Carbone, et al. 1999)

9. Terra Foundation for American Art, Eastman Johnson (Terra Foundation 2014)

10. Randolph Linsly Simpson African American Collection, Box 11, Folders 361, 367, 811, 813 (Simpson n.d.)

11. Guide to the Randolph Linsly Simpson African American Collection JWJ MSS 54, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale Collection of American Literature, James Weldon Johnson Collection

12. Keene, Jennifer D. 2009. "Images of Racial Pride: African American Propaganda Posters in the First World War." In Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture, edited by Pearl James, 207-240. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press. (Keene 2009)

13. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/

14. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007839

15. Using Art to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies: Lesson Plans for Teachers, Klein, Jennifer, and Elizabeth Stuart. 2013.

16. English Language Arts-Literacy Common Core State Standards (Common Core State Standards Initiative 2014)

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