1. Using the Painting, entitled American Progress, please list and describe 5 subjects/objects from the painting and exemplify Westward Expansion. Credit will be given for only subjects/objects that are clearly explained, including the significance of the subject/object chosen and the historical connection made.
2.. Inquiry. Write a question that is left unanswered by this painting.
3. After you have read some more information on the painting, review your answers to the questions in #2 and explain something that you learned from the readings.
4. Who was the artist? For whom was the artist working? Do you think that the artist has a message beyond simply documenting the moment? If so, what might the message have been?
http://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/item.php?item_id=180 Help with 3 and 4http://www.csub.edu/~gsantos../img0061.html 3 and 4
http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/west/gastap.htm 3 and 4
* Feel free to pull up a bigger picture to use for analysis.
