The Country's Waiting Game: Thomas Nast Illustrates the Months After the 1876 Election
education standards
The Election of 1876
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.Civ.10.9-12
Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.D2.His.1.9-12
Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.D2.His.2.6-8
Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.Using Political Cartoons to Understand the 1876 Election
National Core Arts Standards
VA:Cn11.1.IIIa
Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.VA:Re7.1.6a
Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.VA:Re7.2.6a
Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.VA:Re7.2.7a
Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.VA:Re7.2.Ia
Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.Civ.10.9-12
Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.D2.Civ.2.6-8
Explain specific roles played by citizens (such as voters, jurors, taxpayers, members of the armed forces, petitioners, protesters, and office-holders).D2.Civ.2.9-12
Analyze the role of citizens in the U.S. political system, with attention to various theories of democracy, changes in Americans' participation over time, and alternative models from other countries, past and present.D2.His.13.6-8
Evaluate the relevancy and utility of a historical source based on information such as maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose.D2.His.3.6-8
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.D2.His.6.6-8
Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.D2.His.6.9-12
Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.Student Engagement: Using Political Cartoons to Understand the 1876 Election
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.His.3.6-8
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.D2.His.6.6-8
Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.D2.His.6.9-12
Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.D2.His.7.9-12
Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.National Core Arts Standards
VA:Cn11.1.IIIa
Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.VA:Pr6.1.IIa
Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.VA:Re7.1.6a
Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.VA:Re7.2.Ia
Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.Compromise
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.Civ.14.9-12
Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.D2.His.1.9-12
Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.D2.His.3.6-8
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.National Core Arts Standards
VA:Re7.2.6a
Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.VA:Re7.2.7a
Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.VA:Re7.2.IIa
Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.Student Engagement: Political Cartoon Venn Diagram
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.Civ.14.6-8
Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.D2.Civ.14.9-12
Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.National Core Arts Standards
VA:Pr6.1.IIa
Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.VA:Re7.2.6a
Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.VA:Re7.2.7a
Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.VA:Re7.2.Ia
Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.Victory
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.Civ.14.6-8
Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.D2.Civ.14.9-12
Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.D2.His.6.6-8
Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.National Core Arts Standards
VA:Cn11.1.8a
Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.VA:Pr6.1.IIa
Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.VA:Re7.1.6a
Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.The Artist in the Art
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.10.6-8
Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.D2.Civ.10.9-12
Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.D2.Civ.2.6-8
Explain specific roles played by citizens (such as voters, jurors, taxpayers, members of the armed forces, petitioners, protesters, and office-holders).D2.Civ.2.9-12
Analyze the role of citizens in the U.S. political system, with attention to various theories of democracy, changes in Americans' participation over time, and alternative models from other countries, past and present.D2.His.3.6-8
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.D2.His.6.6-8
Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.D2.His.6.9-12
Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.National Core Arts Standards
VA:Cn11.1.8a
Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.VA:Cn11.1.IIIa
Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.VA:Cn11.1.IIa
Compare uses of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts and make connections to uses of art in contemporary and local contexts.VA:Re7.2.7a
Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.Student Engagement: Art and Politics
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Civ.2.6-8
Explain specific roles played by citizens (such as voters, jurors, taxpayers, members of the armed forces, petitioners, protesters, and office-holders).D2.Civ.2.9-12
Analyze the role of citizens in the U.S. political system, with attention to various theories of democracy, changes in Americans' participation over time, and alternative models from other countries, past and present.