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ERIC Number: EJ500282
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
A 1939 Letter of Protest: Controversy over Public Art during the New Deal. Teaching with Documents.
Schamel, Wynell; And Others
Social Education, v59 n1 p55-60 Jan 1995
Contends that during the Great Depression the federal government gave the visual arts unprecedented support. Presents a classroom lesson on a public controversy regarding a Works Progress Administration sponsored mural in an Idaho city. Includes teaching suggestions, recommended topics for student projects, and four primary sources. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Classroom Techniques, Federal Programs, High Schools, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Painting (Visual Arts), Primary Sources, Public Agencies, Public Opinion, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Idaho (Kellogg); New Deal; Works Progress Administration