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Art and History at the Brooklyn Museum |
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Art and History: Pivotal Dates in American History |
This series for elementary, middle and high school American history teachers looks at the events before, during and after four key dates in American history through the lens of art. Painting, sculpture, decorative arts, period rooms, and film reveal perspectives on moments of historic change, telling the story of the American experience in unique ways. Each workshop will feature gallery time with a curator, hands-on activities with an educator, resources to enrich educators’ teaching libraries, and seasonal afternoon refreshments. Training rate will be paid to participants. Teachers are encouraged, but not required, to attend all four sessions. Those in attendance for all four sessions will be eligible to enter a raffle to receive a special prize! |
| To register for a workshop in the series, visit http://pd.nycoit.org, click on the Social Studies department, and scroll to “Art and History.” |
Monday, January 11, 4:30-6:30, Brooklyn Museum Crossing the Atlantic: 1675 A fresh look at the images and ideas reflecting the Dutch and English colonies and the transformation of colonial America into the United States of America. Special focus will be given to objects made for the colonial household: those of beauty and practicality, status and memento. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for American Independence, by Carol Berkin, will be among the resources provided. |
Monday, March 1, 4:30-6:30, Brooklyn Museum A Nation Divided: 1864 How were the critical experiences of war, enslavement, liberty and the frontier captured by the artists of the day? The lens of the African American experience in the 19th century will be one of several perspectives shared in this afternoon of exploring painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and period rooms as well as the special exhibition Healing the Wounds of War: The Brooklyn Sanitary Fair of 1864. Paul Fleischman’s Bull Run will be among the resources provided. |
Monday, April 12, 4:30-6:30, Brooklyn Museum A Woman's World: 1920 See American history through the lens of women’s experience by looking at images before and after the year that all women in the United States of America are granted the right to vote. Special focus will be given to Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party as well as works by other women artists. Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited, edited by Jean H. Baker, will be among the resources provided. |
Monday, May 17, 4:30-6:30, Brooklyn Museum New New York: 1929 Immigration and industrialization work hand-in-hand to transform New York and other early twentieth-century cities into powerhouses of modernity. Painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and film will be the catalysts to understand Americans at work and at play. Russell Freedman’s Immigrant Kids will be among the resources provided. |
The Art and History series, developed through a collaboration between the NYC Department of Education and the Brooklyn Museum, is funded through The U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History grants. |