Evaluating Art as Historical Evidence

Below is a non-exhaustive 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

• Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem
• Cleopatra
• Attila and Pope Leo
• Teotihuacan
• Mansa Musa
• Inca Empire
• Moctezuma’s Zoo
• Nazi Propaganda

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
• Battle of Lexington
• 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