Curated OER
Photography and the National Park Service
During the 1800s the United States was expanding westward; land was there for the taking. Kids explore how some early photographers used their photography to influenced the US Congress to save areas like Mirror Lake. They complete a...
Curated OER
Lesson: Emory Douglas: Revolution in Our Time, Part 2
I love lessons like this because they let kids see the power of art, poetry, and activism in times of social injustice and unrest. They'll analyze the art used by Emory Douglas in the production of the Black Panther newspaper and...
Curated OER
The Power of Images
Students explore emotions represented in artwork. In this cross curriculum social studies and art lesson, students explain examples of political and social issues expressed in artwork by Dorthea Lang, Diego Rivera, Dan Eldon, as well as...
Curated OER
Art and War
Students analyze art and war and the Futurist movement. In this art analysis instructional activity, students define manifesto and its role with artistic movement. Students explore art as a response to political and social issues through...
Curated OER
Art and Politics
Students analyze the work of three artists whose art work illustrates important political and social events. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art of Jasper Johns, Charles Moore, and Andy Warhol. Students complete image...
Curated OER
Politics and Portraiture
Young scholars examine the art of artists who use portrait drawing to make a political statement. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss the elements of a portrait and view the portraits as political expressions. Young scholars...
Curated OER
Action/Reaction: Art and Politics
Students examine three images that were responses to social and political turmoil World War I and II. In this political art lesson, students analyze and discuss the example art. Students create a word poem, a collage, and their own...
Library of Congress
Loc: Herblock's Gift
An overview of Herb Block's Editorial Cartoons which were gifted to the Library of Congress. The archive includes records, clippings, photographs and various articles as well as 14,000 original drawings.
PBS
Pbs: The Political Dr. Seuss
Behind some of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters are messages of social and political context. Explained here in detail are some examples of these types of works along with a biography.
PBS
Art21: Mel Chin
This artist enjoys infusing art into unlikely places and uses current culture, such as technology, to bring about awareness of global issues.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: The People's Communes Are Good
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The people's communes are good" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Rui Guangting, 1958.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Take Steel as the Key Link, for a Lea
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Take steel as the key link, for a leap forward in all fields" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House collective work, 1958.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: We Sell Dry, Clean, Neat and Selected
From the International Institute of Social History this is "We sell dry, clean, neat and selected cotton to the state" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Wu Shaoyun, 1958.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: The Vegetables Are Green, the Cucumbe
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plumb, the yield is abundant" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: A High Tower of Winter Gourds
From the International Institute of Social History this is "A high tower of winter gourds" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Strike the Battle Drum of the Great L
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Shao Wenjin, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our great nation" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the artists Bei Yingren, Zhang Lingzhi, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Ride the Wind and Cleave the Waves To
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Ride the wind and cleave the waves to realise a leap forward in all fields" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the artists Jiang Nanchun and Han Min, 1960.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: The New Centre of the Commune
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The new centre of the commune" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Zhang Yuqing, 1961.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: American Imperialism Must Be Driven O
From the International Institute of Social History this is "American imperialism must be driven out of Southern Vietnam!" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Ha Qiongwen, 1963.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History:the Seeds Have Been Well Selected, The
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The seeds have been well selected, the harvest is more bountiful every year" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1964.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Good Sisters at the Conference of Out
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Good sisters at the conference of outstanding workers" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Li Mubai and Jin Xuechen, 1964.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Chairman Mao Meets With Model Workers
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Chairman Mao meets with model workers" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Li Mubai and Jin Xuechen, 1964.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Vigorously Support the Anti Imperiali
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Vigorously support the anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Zhou Ruizhuang, ca. 1964.