Emanuel+Leutze+Resources


 * From //Art & Empire: The Politics of Ethnicity in the United States Capitol, 1812-1860 // by Vivien Green Fryd, this Epilogue focuses on Emanuel Leutze's //Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way //: ([[file:americanartmuseum/Leutze - Art and Empire.pdf|Leutze - Art and Empire.pdf]])
 * Emanuel Leutze's letter containing information about his mural proposal //Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way ( //[[file:americanartmuseum/leutze letter.pdf|leutze letter.pdf]])
 * An exerpt from the records of the Thirty-Seventh Congress wherein they decide that the "painting of E. Leutze in the Capitol [is] to be completed and paid for." July 5, 1862.( [[file:americanartmuseum/Leutze congressional doc.pdf|Leutze congressional doc.pdf]])
 * Notes from Elementary Teaching American History (Fairfax and Stafford County, VA, 2007) on Leutze's //Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way //: ([[file:americanartmuseum/Leutze Elementary TAH Tour Notes.pdf|Leutze Elementary TAH Tour Notes.pdf]])
 * Dan Lewis's article //Emanuel Leutze's Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way: Imagining Manifest // //Destiny, the "Stars and Stripes," and the Civil War.( // [[file:americanartmuseum/Leutze Dan Lewis article.pdf|Leutze Dan Lewis article.pdf]])
 * In this lesson, students learn about westward expansion, manifest destiny, Indian removal, and the origins of the Civil War by analyzing Emanuel Leutze's mural study and final mural entitled //Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way. //
 *  [[file:SAAM LotW lesson plan FOR WEB.doc]]