Teacher Lab Projects"Painting as Narrative and a Complement to Literature"Grade(s): 10 Subject(s): English, American Literature Author: Sandra Shimon School: Charles A. Prosser Career Academy Theme/Topic: Literature of a New Republic: 1776–1836 Description: The lesson pairs paintings by Thomas Cole and text by James Fenimore Cooper and engages students in a discussion of values expressed in both Cole's work, which illustrates Cooper's novel, The Last of the Mohicans, and in Cooper's text. Students are exposed to early American literature and art and interpret and respond to both Cole and Cooper's work through their own writing and drawings. Download PDF of Full Project |
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American artwork at core of lesson
Thomas Cole (1801-1848), Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans," 1826, oil on panel, 26 x 1/8 x 43 1/16 in. Terra Foundatino for American Art, Daniel J. Terra collection, 1993.2 |
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Examples of Student Work
Schematic representation of a scene described in James Fennimore Cooper's 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. Students made visual notations about settings and action in the novel, which Thomas Cole used as the basis for his paintings. |
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