House+Divided-+Civil+War

//The Civil War tested and consumed the country for more than four years. Many families were touched by death. Artists responded to the era surrounding the conflict in many ways.// //The advent of photography changed American outlook of the war, while Reconstruction era paintings and sculptures give us insight into the nation's new life. Students consider "the house" of Lincoln's "House Divided" speech.//
 * Key Questions:**
 * How did new technologies of printing, engraving and photography portray the country and the war?
 * What do paintings and sculpture reveal of life during Reconstruction?


 * Key points:**
 * The **Civil War** is between the **North** and the **South**, but it started because of the **west**.
 * The **Missouri Compromise** starts the debates on a new state or territory being a slave state or free, which is furthered by the **Kansas-Nebraska Act**.
 * It then became an issue of **state's rights** vs. **federal government**.
 * The Civil War is the first to be documented by **photographs**, which were seen as being the truth and not altered by the artist or journalists taking the photos.


 * Additional points:**
 * Strong views on both sides, justification from the South and North
 * Lincoln: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
 * Impact on US - geographically, socially, racially, economically
 * War's effect on families and those left behind
 * Role of photography and art


 * Possible Activities:**
 * Role play/tableau of Homer's //A Visit from the Old Mistress//
 * Toll of war - approximate dead/wounded percentages as represented by the class. Girls represent those who stayed hom - how many lost their homes to fire/take overs? Boys represent those who fought - how many were wounded, how many came home?

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 * Artworks on view:**

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 * Artworks on view at the Luce Center:**

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 * Additional artworks:**

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