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Artistic depictions of historical events can capture students' imagination. Art can also be used to develop analytical skills. To give a complete interpretation of any piece of art, one has to consider the context to which it was created. The events and emotions that bring a painting into being are critical to understanding the work as a whole. (1)
As the opening quote reveals, using art in the social studies requires moving beyond art appreciation toward nurturing a more nuanced level of inference and criticalinterpretation. (2) Developing a student's sense of "interpretative authority" beyond print and language-based conceptions of literacy is emerging as a ...