Teacher Resources
Deepen your classroom study of the Industrial Revolution, Empire, and the environment with these educator packets featuring lesson plans and activity ideas for remote learning.
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Our lesson plans and activities can be used by teachers and parents across the country now for remote learning. All lesson plans include suggested grade levels, but can be adjusted to fit the needs of your students.
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Contact UsThomas Cole and Industrialization
Lesson Plan- Thomas Cole, River in the Catskills, Oil on canvas, 1843, 27 1/2 × 40 3/8 in, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865.
Thomas Cole and Empire
Lesson Plan- Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire, Oil on canvas, 1836, 51 x 76 in. Collection of The New-York Historical Society, 1858.3.
Changing Landscape: Writing Prompt & Drawing
ActivityVirtual Views & Coloring
ActivitySlow Looking
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