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