Theme:

 Analytical essays on American art to reflect US history
Description: Students will be asked to write thoughtful, analytical, well-researched essays of between 750 and 1000 words on works drawn from the Picturing America portfolio, forty images of high-quality artworks that illustrate and reflect America's story
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URL to this gallery: http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/neh_edsitements_picturing_america_writing_gallery
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Resources:

 http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/
http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Curators:
Curator: Carol Peters
Assistant Curator: Joseph Phelan

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