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Ecuador Pictures
A pictorial photo gallery of Ecuador that demonstrates the beauty of this small South American country. View animals, landscapes, towns, monuments, parks, the Rainforest, waterfalls, and so much more.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Journey Through Hallowed Ground
At this site from National Park System you can meander through Virginia's Piedmont and view beautiful landscapes and buildings while learning the history of the area. This trail is the result of many organizations working together to...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Hudson River School Artists
A discussion of the Americanization of painting in the early 1800s with the artists who were part of the Hudson River School of Art. Read about the new audience for their paintings and the subject matter.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America, 1870 1912: Visions of the West
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards, historical documents, literary texts, and works of art, thematically organized with notes and discussion questions....
Library of Congress
Loc: Panoramic Photographs
Enjoy this collection of over 4,000 panoramic photographs of America from 1851-1991. Each of the 50 states is represented as well as several foreign countries and U.S. territories. Highlights of the collection include disasters, sports,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Jackson Inauguration (Lesson Plan)
A lesson plan in which students examine the inauguration of Andrew Jackson in 1828. They discuss how his election signaled changes in the American political landscape and embodied the culture of his era. They also compare the politics of...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Lois Mailou Jones
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Lois Mailou Jones, an American painter and educator whose works reflect a command of widely varied styles, from traditional landscape to African-themed abstraction.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Singer Sargent
Biography of the artist John Singer Sargent and four paintings are featured. Links to important people in his life.
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Albert Bierstadt, Storm in the Mountains
Four nineteenth-century landscape paintings that suggest the meaning of the West in American life.