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Letter to, and Paintings by, George Catlin (Teaching with Documents)

Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 12:50pm

By David Rosenbaum, Lee Ann Potter, and Elizabeth K. Eder
A letter from the Secretary of War to painter George Catlin in the 1830s and Catlin’s subsequent paintings of Native Americans in the West help students explore the encounter of two cultures.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7204/720408171.pdf [1]

The New Nation [2]
Social Education [3]
Secondary/High School [4]
US History [5]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/letter-and-paintings-george-catlin-teaching-documents

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7204/720408171.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/building-new-nation
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-education
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/secondaryhighschool
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory