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Letter by Stephen Decatur and Painting by Thomas Chambers Related to the War of 1812 (Teaching with Documents)

Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 8:53am

Lee Ann Potter and Elizabeth K. Eder
This article pairs a textual document with a painting of the related 1812 sea battle, underscoring the value of visual images in fostering new insights about historic events, people, and ideas.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7104/710407208.pdf [1]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/letter-stephen-decatur-and-painting-thomas-chambers-related-war-1812-teaching-docume

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7104/710407208.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