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Fine Arts Museum: Teachers' Guide to American Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This guide focuses on twenty-four paintings from the impressive collection of American art housed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The earliest work, a portrait of the children of a Puritan family, dates from 1670. The last piece...
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New Britain Museum of American Art

For Students Pre-K - 1st
New Britain Museum of American Art main page. Three Centuries of American art broken out into six era's. Under Education teachers can get lesson plans and learning activities for students like ABCs, puzzles and printable coloring book...
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Article
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De Young Museum: Analyze Colonial Art Objects (I Notice . . . I Wonder . . .)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about American colonial history via this pdf file article which analyzes various Colonial era artworks in order to uncover what they tell us about the past.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rembrandt Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography of Rembrandt Peale, the early American portrait painter and most of famous of the Peale brothers family of artists.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of the Americas to World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of North and South America. These should be cross-checked against what we have from smarthistory.org. Found one of the resources there - eval 16069716368457046sekCR.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Copley, a Boy With a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham)

For Students 9th - 10th
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) is commonly considered the greatest portrait painter in the history of the American colonies. Read about his background and view pictures of his portraits in this essay.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Copley, the Copley Family

For Students 9th - 10th
John Singleton Copley was the undisputed king of portraiture in the American colonies. Read about his life and view a picture of his family portrait in this essay.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Copley, Watson and the Shark

For Students 9th - 10th
"Watson and the Shark" is an energetic and emotional work by John Singleton Copley. It retains a special place within the history of late-eighteenth-century English Romanticism. View the picture and read the details of this painting in...
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Curated OER

Bungaree, a Native Chief of New South Wales [Picture] /

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring colonial art can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
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Curated OER

Company's Buildings, Tavistock Street Corner [Picture] /

For Students 9th - 10th
A broad selection of images featuring colonial art can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.