Norman Rockwell in the Classroom

Some of you may have had the opportunity to see Rockwell's America at the Ohio Historical Center in 2008. Norman Rockwell's uniquely American art is iconic and can also serve to explore social changes including urbanization, changing
roles of women in the 1940s, and the civil rights movement in the 1960s with students.

Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg is an online exhibit of the Smithsonian American Art Museum that examines in-depth the connections between Norman Rockwell's images of American life and the movies.Rockwell carefully composed the setting of his paintings and crafted the mood with lighting and staging.

Additional works and teaching resources can be found through the Norman Rockwell Museum.