Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: You Decide: Wilderness Preservation
The Hetch Hetchy controversy caused Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson to examine their beliefs, and then act upon them in ways that would forever change the American landscape. Should they have been more active in preserving wilderness...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Early National Arts and Cultural Independence
Read about the national identity developed in the early 19th century in art and literature. See how both landscape paintings and literature emphasized wilderness themes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cole, the Oxbow
Thomas Cole was best known for his landscape paintings which embodied the beauty and grandeur of the American wilderness during the first half of the nineteenth century. When viewed through the lens of nineteenth-century political...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade K: George Washington
This instructional task asks students to identify an American leader from the past and to explain the significance of his contributions. It contains a set of authentic source documents. Students engage with the sources to build their...
Other
Ozark Mountains
Visit this extensive site detailing all aspects of the Ozark Mountains, from wildlife to topography to visitor information. Discover the diverse landscape of the Ozarks and the many activities available there.
Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
University of California
Hearst Museum of Anthropology: The World in a Frame
View representative works from the early decades of photography, 1865 to 1915, during one of the world's periods of extended travel. Discover how the invention of photography opened eyes to Native American, Japanese, and Middle Eastern...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Edward Hopper
This Ibiblio.org Webmuseum site contains information regarding Edward Hopper's life, influences, and links to images of his work.
Library of Congress
Loc: Language of the Land
Language of the Land uses the metaphor of a journey to tour the rich literary heritage of the US through maps, the words of authors, images of characters, and photographs.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Hudson River School
Primary source documents tell the story of the Hudson River School founded by artist Thomas Cole.
Curated OER
Nice Colombian Landscape
This charming site serves to remind us about all the good things that come from the South American country of Columbia. Many important and/or famous people are from Columbia along with such exports as coffee, emeralds, bananas, coal, and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Life on the Great Plains
A detailed lesson plan that explores "the concept of region and how culture and experience influence the perception of regions." Site provides many excellent websites for students and teachers to explore during their study of the Great...
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Georgia O'keeffe
Biographical account covers the life and career of Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist known for her paintings of magnified flowers, animal skulls, and New Mexico desert landscapes.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: William H Johnson
Profiles William H. Johnson, an African-American artist best known for his paintings and prints of landscapes and portraits.
Other
Ellen's Place: Thomas Moran, Artist of the Mountains
Biographical overview of Thomas Moran, renowned artist of western landscape paintings. Includes gallery of artwork.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Grant Wood
CGFA provides five paintings in this online gallery: "American Gothic", "Stone City", "Self-Portrait", "Daughters of the Revolution", and "Return from Bohemia". Images only, with the briefest of information about title, date, medium, and...
Other
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Located in Lincoln, NE. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden web site resources highlight its collection of American art. Find examples of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism,...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Hood Museum of Art
Designed by architect Charles Moore, the Hood Museum of Art has a permanent collection ranging from Ancient and Asian to Modern and Contemporary Art. Of special note are American portrait paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Brief biography on Henry Tanner, an American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical themes.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Biographical account covers the life and career of Joseph Mallord William Turner, an English Romantic landscape painter.
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.
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.