History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education

by Dipti Desai, Jessica Hamlin, Rachel Mattson

History as Art, Art as History pioneers methods for using contemporary works of art in the social studies and art classroom to enhance an understanding of visual culture and history. The fully-illustrated interdisciplinary teaching toolkit provides an invaluable pedagogical resource-complete with theoretical background and practical suggestions for teaching U.S. history topics through close readings of both primary sources and provocative works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415993768
• ISBN13: 9780415993760
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"