Hi. Pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is rachelles second year coming to the conference, she was here last year, we are really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. So please join me in welcoming rachelle. [ applause ] good morning and thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year you heard i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conference and when the call came out to present about innovations in world war ii i was happy to answer that call. At the time i thought, oh, this will be something obviously very interesting in my mind at least and something predictable, but i learned that its a very, very wide subject. I wont cover all of it by any means. I have learned a lot, so i hope that you will profit as well. So living in new york im very, very fortunate to be living close to the museum of modern art and also to the whitney and
I was happy to answer this call. I thought, this will be very interesting, in my mind, at least and predictable, but i learned it was a very very very, very wide subject. I hope you will profit as well. Living in new york, i was very, very fortunate to be living close to moma, the museum of modern art and the whitney and i take full advantage with my students. I think art can be a really profitable way to teach history, and i would be curious. Art for artyou use history in your own classes . I would say a good number of you. Briefly, how do you use our . I do not know if we can get the mic. Just a couple of i use it in my class and to establish Historical Context or perhaps multiple perspectives on an issue. Ms. Friedman mmhmm. Anybody else . History, and i do this with vocab were kids for pictures of vocabulary. Its not special art by any means, but yeah. Ms. Friedman ok. Also and ihistory use it to show cultural changes and things like that. Just to put it in context. Ms. Friedman ex
About female activists in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. In focuses on several women the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who held leadership roles and the challenges they faced. Today we have shifted into the 1960s. One of the things about the 1960s is this idea that a lot of americans felt they were on the precipice of promise, of greatness. It held a lot of possibilities and opportunities in the postwar era. Had just been elected president. He is young and charismatic, he had platform on a number of promises and so this should give a little bit of context where the Womens Movement is coming into play as it works through some of these overview issues. The 60s as much promises there was, we also know there were a lot of issues, particularly racial issues, but it was a period of great change, warfare and for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who didnt get access to that is there a number of individuals that groups were fighting for the access and if y
American history tv continues now with a discussion on innovations in art, during world war ii. We heard about propaganda cartoons, Norman Rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist art. A 1940s and 50s movement, that included american painters, jackson and mark. Held by friends of the National World war ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is her second year coming to the conference. She was here last year. We are really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rachelle. [ applause ] good morning, and thank you everybody. It is a real pleasure to be here. Last year, as you heard i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conference and when the call came out, to present about innovations in world war ii, i was happy to answer that call. At the time, i thought this will be something
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