Paintings Vs. Passages!

What Do You Think?

I am responding to question number 1 in chapter 11 on page 343. 

The question is: What similarities are there between a painting of an event and several written paragraphs about the event. 

A painting is very similar to a written account of an event. They both are able to show students what went on at a specific point in history. They also both show who was at these specific events and where specific events took place.

They are two different methods with the same information and they are both good tools to use in the classroom when teaching history. Both a writing passage and a painting go hand in hand. Sometimes a written account of an event can give more specific details of what happened and a painting will give you a more visual understanding of what happened. Both of these methods will get the point across. Viewing a painting may be used more with young students who are just beginning to learn how to read, whereas older students will focus more on reading passages. 

Below is an image that you may have seen before. By looking at the picture you are able to tell that this is a painting of a historical person sailing somewhere. When you look at the this painting with more knowledge of history you know that this is a picture of Washington crossing the Delaware.