Art and American History with the Newark Museum: The American Civil War & the Gilded Age

Mar 11, 2010 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm EST
Location: The Newark Museum
Latest Activity: Sep 16, 2022

The American Civil War & the Gilded AgeTravel back in time to the Civil War period through artworks produced in the aftermath of the war. Learn about the home front in the north through a family scene, see the effect of the war on an about-to-be- freed slave woman, and experience the beginning of reconstruction through a sculpture designed to act as a “conversation piece” in a northern parlor. The discussion continues in the “gilded age” through a survey of art produced for wealthy collectors and a visit to the Museum’s 1885 Ballantine house, a gilded age townhouse.This mini-course will meet in the Museum’s Picturing America galleries, and includes strategies for using works of art as vehicles for teaching Social Studies with a focus on American culture and history. Pedagogy includes guided looking and discussion, decoding the artworks, and incorporating art in the social studies classroom through object-based education. For teachers of grades 3-12.Related NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards: Social Studies 6.1.2 A., 6.1.4 A, 6.1.8 A, Language Arts Literacy 3.3.3 A, B, C; 3.3.5 A, B; 3.3.7 A, B; 3.3.8 A, B, Visual Arts 1.1.2 B; 1.1.4 B.To register for The American Civil War & the Gilded Age, click here.Parking at the Museum:Attended on-site parking, provided by Central Parking, an independent operator, is available (for a nominal fee) in the Museum parking lot, with entrances located at Washington St. and Central Ave.

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Art and American History with the Newark Museum: The American Civil War & the Gilded Age

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