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. Please note that this list does not include our curricular items that feature historical photographs.

World History Lessons

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

World History History Assessments

• Atahualpa and de Soto
• Plague Doctor
• Siege of Golconda
• Tennis Court Oath
• Louis XVI
• Qing Engraving
• Haitian Constitution
• Napoleon's Retreat
• Japan and America

United States History Lessons

• The First Thanksgiving Mini 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
• 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