American History

Question 1.

Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from the era of the 1920s through the Great Depression (Chapters 22-23).  Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and why it is significant, including when and where it was produced as well as what it represented.  

Question 2

Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from the era of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War (Chapters 24-25).  Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and why it is significant, including when and where it was produced as well as what it represented. 

Question 3

Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from the years 1950s-1970s (Chapters 26-28).  Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and why it is significant, including when and where it was produced as well as what it represented.  

Question 4

Your task for this discussion is to find and post a picture of an artifact (painting, sculpture, drawing, novel written during the period, etc.) that speaks to you from the late 1970s to the present (Chapters 29-30).  Give a brief summary analysis of why you chose this artifact and why it is significant, including when and where it was produced as well as what it represented.

Textbook Material

Textbook: AmericaThe Essential Learning EditionSECOND EDITION, VOLUME TWO