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Early American Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum
A site with examples and information about early American paintings from 1671-1829. Use the timeline to click on a time period, or click and select by artist, genre, or place of origin. Also includes an extensive bibliography.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Needleword in the Eighteenth Century
A beautiful presentation of needlework from 1700s America, accompanied by an explanation of the type of education girls and young women received during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and how fabric arts were a prominent part of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of the Americas to World War I
A landing page for a course on the art history of North and South America. These should be cross-checked against what we have from smarthistory.org. Found one of the resources there - eval 16069716368457046sekCR.
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Worcester Art Museum:mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary
This site tells what is known of this painting's history. Offers some theories about the painting and its origins.
Other
De Young Museum: Analyze Colonial Art Objects (I Notice . . . I Wonder . . .)
Learn about American colonial history via this pdf file article which analyzes various Colonial era artworks in order to uncover what they tell us about the past.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Colonial, Federal and Modern England
This site is a detailed lesson plans for teachers who want to teach their students about the changing images of childhood in America. It talks about the Colonial, Federal and Modern England periods.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Travel in the 18th Century
This site has a lesson plan that contrasts the methods of travel during Colonial Times, with those of today.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art and Identity in British North American Colonies
Consider the English identity of American colonists by examining the sorts of imported goods and decorative arts Americans chose to purchase and display.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singleton Copley
This sample "exhibit" from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a short biography of colonial painter and portrait artist John Singleton Copley. Includes links to six different paintings, each with an informative caption.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: If You Lived at the Time of the Revolution
Fourth graders learn about the American Revolution and evaluate the decisions and choices colonists had to make leading up to and during their fight for freedom from England. Students explore the idea of taking sides and how, despite...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Pocahontas
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: "Watson and the Shark"
This is a comprehensive site that tells the story behind one of John Singleton Copley's most famous paintings, "Watson and the Shark." The site discusses the artist's life and provides compositional information about the painting....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Copley, a Boy With a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham)
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) is commonly considered the greatest portrait painter in the history of the American colonies. Read about his background and view pictures of his portraits in this essay.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mestre Valentim, Passeio Publico, Rio De Janeiro
The Passeio Publico in Brazil represented several groundbreaking achievements in art. This park was designed by an artist of African descent-Mestre Valentim. View pictures and read the history of this public park, including the unique...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Charles Willson Peale
This ArtCyclopedia resource for Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), the American colonial-era painter, provides links to a biography, museums with his work, and articles about him.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: John Singleton Copely
This site lists museums, galleries, image archives, and web sites online which exhibit John Singleton Copely's art. A few periodical articles are also included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Guaman Poma and the First New Chronicle and Good Government
This letter written by Guaman Poma is the most famous manuscript from South America dated to this time period in part because it is so comprehensive and long, but also because of its many illustrations. View pictures of the illustrations...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Causes of the American Revolution
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart includes activities incorporating art to teach causes of the American Revolution. It is based on the Houghton Mifflin series.
Other
Uic: The Bermuda Group
Picture of John Smibert's painting "The Bermuda Group". Site explains who is in the painting.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Singleton Copley
The Web Museum profiles the work of the American painter John Singleton Copley (1738-1815).
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
History Is Fun: Jamestown: Lesson Plan: How Do We Know What We Know?
This cross curriculum lesson plan encourages independent thought and investigation as students examine images related to the cultures that combined at Jamestown settlement. Encourages the use of art to understand history. An informative...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Copley, the Copley Family
John Singleton Copley was the undisputed king of portraiture in the American colonies. Read about his life and view a picture of his family portrait in this essay.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jonathan Edwards
(1703-1758) A colonial American Congregational preacher and evangelical theologian.