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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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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Eastman Johnson: "The Girl I Left Behind Me"

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of Eastman Johnson's painting "The Girl I Left Behind Me" is provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Includes link to an artist biography.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Johnson, a Ride for Liberty the Fugitive Slaves

For Students 9th - 10th
Eastman Johnson focused his art on the status of race in the United States right about the time of the American Civil War. View his picture "A Ride for Liberty-The Fugitive Slaves" that depicts slaves crossing battlefields from the...
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Eastman Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Eastman Johnson is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait paintings.
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Handout
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Eastman Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Eastman Johnson.