This instructional resource is the third in a series that explores the narrative role of art in public places. In two recent issues of "Art Education," Susan Goetz Zwirn ("Men and Women at Work: The Portrayal of American Workers by Three Artists of the 1930s and 1940s" 57(2), pp. 25-32) and Carol Argiro ("Teaching with Public Art" 57(4), pp. 25-32) also explore the topic of public places and art. The objectives of this instructional resource are to enable students to: (1) identify features of narrative murals that refer to local history; (2) discuss the role of government support of the arts in guiding the subject-matter and style of art, and make a case for or against government support of the art; and (3) design and create a mural that reflects elements of their community's history in representational or abstract style.