In what ways have Americans impacted the environment?

What is our collective responsibility toward the earth and each other?

How do artists engage with these questions through works of art?

Discover compelling stories of creativity, struggle, and resilience in this new set of resources for K–12 educators featuring works of art that reflect the richness and diversity of the people, places, and cultures of the United States.

Additional keywords: nature, US National Parks System, land use and ownership, climate, construction and the built environment, pollution, industrialism

Artists: Robert Havell Jr., John James Audubon, Susan Middleton, George Inness, James F. Ryder, William H. Rau, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Moran, Carleton E. Watkins, Henry Peter Bosse, Victoria Sambunaris, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, Lewis Baltz, Charles Sheeler, Bernarda Bryson, Grant Wood, Ansel Adams, Robert Smithson, Gianfranco Gorgoni, Richard Misrach, Matthew Brandt, Robert Adams