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SUBJECT: U.S. HISTORY GRADE LEVEL: 11TH GRADE TOPIC: Settlement of the West (The Last Frontier: The Panhandle of Texas) TEKS: Chapter 113.32(c) (2) History (B) analyze economic issues such as the growth of railroads (20) Culture (A) describe how the characteristics and issues of various eras in U.S. history have been reflected in works of art, such as the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe. |
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OBJECTIVES: 1) Students will utilize a painting to explore the effects of the railroads on the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 2) Students will discover how art can reflect the mood and spirit of the time in which they are created. RESOURCES: Textbook O'Keeffe, Georgia. Georgia O'Keeffe. New York: Viking, 1985 Bry, Doris and Calloway, Nicholas, eds. Georgia O'Keeffe in the West. New York: Knopf, 1989 Commager, Henry Steele, ed. Living Ideas in America. New York: Harper, 1964 Limerick, Patricia Nelson. Legacy of Conquest. New York: Norton, 1987 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. What catches your eye in this photograph? 2. What decision(s) has the artist made to paint the subject? Why has the artist shown only one object? 3. In what parts of the United States would a lone train garner such attention? 4. Why is the Panhandle of Texas sometimes considered the "last frontier"? ASSIGNMENT: Research other images by O'Keeffe in which she used similar techniques/similar subject matter. How do these art objects reflect the places they depict? |
