Art of the American Soldier: Comparing and Contrasting Photography and Painting in War Art

This lesson encourages students to use photography to analyze artwork for details regarding the historical context of 20th and 21st century wars and conflicts. These analytical skills will help students to understand how different ways of documenting combat will give them different contextualization of the events depicted.

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