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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo: Landscape Painting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan uncovers the "tricks" artists use when creating a landscape painting. Students will explore the work of American artists George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, and Winslow Homer. One of the activities is in spanish.
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Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry: Commodities and the Transformation of the American Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning resource uses primary source material to explore the ways in which commodities are extracted, produced, and exchanged and how those processes have shaped the physical and cultural landscape of North America.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Language of the Land

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Language of the Land uses the metaphor of a journey to tour the rich literary heritage of the US through maps, the words of authors, images of characters, and photographs.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Alexander H. Wyant

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Alexander H. Wyant is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting.
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Graphic
Martin Lawrence Galleries

Martin Lawrence Galleries: Kerry Hallam

For Students 9th - 10th
Hallam is a landscape painter who has traveled around the world portraying scenes with vivid and bold colors. However, most of his work is done in the United States. He is heavily inspired by the post-impressionists and it shows in his...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents tell the story of the Hudson River School founded by artist Thomas Cole.