Smithsonian American Art Museum: Close Observation
Close observation and an inquisitive mind are all the tools you need to start analyzing primary sources! Teachers model analyzing works of art.
Paintings About Segregation
Textbooks describe segregation in a few pages, but these artists share complicated, personal views of how segregation looked and felt.
Integrating Language Arts and History
Elementary teacher Karen Eanes hooks her students with engaging historical fiction, art, and primary source excerpts on George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware.
Conrad W. Chapman: A Confederate Soldier's Paintings of the Defense of Charleston
Chapman spent more than 20 years painting Civil War Charleston after his stint in the Confederate Army.
The Art of Migration
What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License
Did Revere’s ride really look like that? Use historical documents to analyze flights of artistic fancy.
Milwaukee Art Museum Collections
Teaching Milwaukee state history, or looking to make a connection between art and social studies? Peruse more than 20,000 works of art in these online exhibitions.
Disability History Museum
Explore the experiences of those with disabilities through documents and images dating from the 18th century to the present.