Evaluating Art as Historical Evidence
Below is a list of our history lessons and assessments that ask students to evaluate pieces of visual art, including paintings, illustrations, engravings and political cartoons, as historical evidence.
World History Lessons
World History History Assessments
- Plague Doctor
- Siege of Golconda
- Tennis Court Oath
- Louis XVI
- Qing Engraving
- Haitian Constitution
- Napoleon's Retreat
- Japan and America
United States History Lessons
- California Missions
- Boston Massacre
- Manifest Destiny
- The Gold Rush and San Francisco
- Irish in the U.S. in the 19th Century
- Thomas Nast's Political Cartoons
- Philippine-American War Political Cartoons
- Political Bosses
United States History History Assessments
- Signing the Mayflower Compact
- The First Thanksgiving
- Portrait of an Iroquois Leader
- Washington Crosses the Delaware
- Seven Years' War
- Declaration of Independence
- John Brown
- Pickett's Charge
- Reconstruction Riots
- Haymarket Aftermath
- Standard Oil Company
- The Role of Women