America Transforming

E&I Program:
Distance Learning
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Grade level :
9 to 12
By examining American art and artifacts from the museum’s collection, these teacher materials promote discussion of America’s national character and heritage. All five lessons, developed by teams of teachers, are accompanied by reinforcement materials specifically designed to foster critical thinking skills. These programs may be scheduled individually.
America Transforming, the third lesson in this series, elucidates the many changes that took place in the United States between the Civil War and World War I, particularly in regard to industrialization, urbanization, technology, and social and economic disparities between wealthy and poor people while also illustrating how America’s ideals were shattered by the Civil War and Urbanization.
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Associated Art:
- 1915.683, Boy Fishing
- 1922.1133, Stag at Sharkey's
- 1926.123, Hell Hole
- 1936.548, The Holdup, first state
- 1940.1125, Campaign Sketches: Our Jolly Cook
- 1940.1191, Embroidered Stole
- 1942.1066, The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
- 1942.1220, Christmas Out of Doors
- 1942.1262, The Army of the Potomac - A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty
- 1942.1287, New England Factory Life - "Bell-Time"
- 1952.539, Fifth Avenue
- 1964.160, A Woman's Work
- 1991.276, Locomotive
- 1991.293, Bicycle Messenger, South Carolina
- 1991.294, Cotton Mill, South Carolina