Developed in 2007 by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Picturing America is a resource for teaching American history and other humanities subjects. Originally, it contained 40 large, high-quality color posters of a diverse selection of American artworks and an educators resource book, filled with teaching ideas and background information to support the use of the posters in core subjects. With support from the Terra Foundation, Picturing America was provided to nearly every public school in Chicago in the fall of 2008.
Picturing America Teaching Resource
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