"The Civil War in Art: Teaching and Learning through Chicago Collections" is intended to help teachers and students learn about the Civil War—its causes and effects—and connect to the issues, events, and people of the era through works of art.
Web resource explores the Civil War through over 120 zoomable images from Chicago collections, with text and questions for students. The site presents essays about: The Civil War and American visual culture, the causes of the war, the military experience, emancipation and the meaning of freedom, the northern homefront, Lincoln, and remembering the war.
Other resources include classroom projects for teacher use, an in-depth glossary of art and historical terms, and links to additional Civil War resources.
- Subject:
- Art History
- Arts and Humanities
- History
- U.S. History
- Visual Arts
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Lesson Plan
- Primary Source
- Reading
- Provider:
- Terra Foundation for American Art
- Date Added:
- 04/13/2012