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"Shall We Call Home Our Troops?" (1875)
Political cartoon by Thomas Nast printed during The Reconstruction Era.
"The Birth of a Nation" Summarizes Reconstruction
The Birth of a Nation, a 1915 film portraying D.W. Griffith's racist vision of life in the South during the Civil war era, summarizes Reconstruction.
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," directed by Robert Wiene (1920)
Still image from the silent expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. This horror film follows a mentally ill hypnotist who uses a hypnotized person to commit murders. The writers, Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, derived the idea for the script from their experiences with authority and obedience in the military during World War I.
"The Fallen Man" (Der Gesturzte), Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1915-1916)
The Fallen Man (Der Gesturzte) by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, c. 1915-1916
"The Holy Mountain" (Der heilige Berg), directed by Leni Riefenstahl (1924)
Der heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain, 1926) -- Leni Riefenstahl's first film. The film is about a dancer who meets a man at his mountain cottage and falls in love with him.
"The Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students in Little Rock, Arkansas, prepare for their first day of school at Central High School. Elizabeth Eckford is circled in the center.
"The Pillars of Society," George Grosz (1926)
The Pillars of Society by George Grosz (1926). This painting features nightmarish caricatures of the elite classes of Germany: businessmen, clergy, and generals.
"The St. Louis Refugee Ship Blues" by Art Spiegelman
Contemporary cartoon from the Washington Post commemorating 70 years since the transatlantic liner "The St. Louis" was denied entry to Cuba and the United States. See full-sized image for analysis.
"The White General," George Grosz (1919)
Like his colleague Otto Dix, George Grosz was profoundly influenced and deeply affected by serving in the army during World War I. He was admitted to a military asylum for the shell-shocked and insane just before the war ended. This painting is a haunting portrait of a fanatical Prussian general. Grosz made dozens of satirical drawings of the officer class.
"When the Vermin are Dead...," Der Stürmer Antisemitic Cartoon
The poster features a Nazi officer with a extermination pump and several rats. The officer stands next to a tree with the German crest carved into the bark of the tree.
Title: "When the Vermin are Dead..."
10 Questions Framework Poster
Introduce students to the 10 Questions for Young Changemakers developed by Professor Danielle Allen from Harvard University and YPP Network.
1922 Japanese issue of Shonen kurabu
Cover of January 1922 Japanese issue of Shonen Kurabu (Boy’s Club) showing a boy throwing a grenade.