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My Story and History: Peeking into the Past with Paintings Lesson PlanMy Story and History: Peeking into the Past with Paintings Lesson Plan
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My Story and History: Peeking into the Past with Paintings

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Consider how you can use a visual source, such as a painting, to learn about a historical time or event. Young learners discuss primary sources and how they differ from secondary sources, then analyze the painting Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt.

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primary source analysis, primary sources, artwork, cross-media analysis

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Art History, paintings, primary source analysis, cross media analysis, visual historical representations, visual history, social studies
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4th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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