History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education

by Desai; Dipti

• ISBN13: 9780415993760
• ISBN10: 0415993768
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-10-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

History as Art, Art as History pioneers methods for using contemporary works of art in the social studies and art classroom to enhance an understanding of visual culture and history. The fully-illustrated interdisciplinary teaching toolkit provides an invaluable pedagogical resource-complete with theoretical background and practical suggestions for teaching U.S. history topics through close readings of both primary sources and provocative works of contemporary art.

Author Biography

Dipti Desai is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Art Education Program, Department of Art and Art Professions, at New York University. Jessica Hamlin is the Director of Education and Public Programs for the non-profit organization Art21, Inc. Rachel Mattson is a historian, a teacher educator, and an Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education, at SUNY New Paltz.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Series Editor Introduction	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Reframing History and Art	p. 1
Introduction by Dipti Desai	p. 3
Using Visual Historical Methods in the K-12 Classroom: Tactical Heuristics	p. 15
Curriculum as a Creative Process: An Interview with Artist-Educator Thi Bui	p. 35
Artists in the Realm of Historical Methods: The Sound, Smell, and Taste of History	p. 47
"Committing History in Public": Lessons from Artists Working in the Public Realm	p. 67
Investigating History and Art: A Teaching Toolkit	p. 81
Introduction to the Teaching Toolkits: Visual Approaches to Teaching about History	p. 83
Foundations of Citizenship	p. 95
The Constitution and U.S. Government	p. 97
Japanese Incarceration	p. 121
Constructing Race	p. 147
Slavery and Abolition	p. 149
Immigration	p. 177
The United States and the World	p. 197
Westward Expansion	p. 199
The U.S. War in Vietnam	p. 218
Resources	p. 243
List of Contributors	p. 247
Figure Credits and Permissions	p. 249
Index	p. 257
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