Students analyze Thomas Eakins’s 1873 painting of John Biglin in a Single Scull and William Glackens’s 1918 At the Beach, understand the article about the history of the eight-hour workday, and research and write abo
Students will create an artwork interpreting the voice of their community and write a comparison of their community’s voice to that of early twentieth-century New York City.
Students will look at three Hudson River Valley paintings, read and write about pertinent essays from the time and view part of the documentary National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
Students will be examining a series of paintings that highlight America’s change into an industrial society, full of machines, factories, and pollution.
