Content Update: February 2020 (New content in Art, AP US Government, Careers, and Math!)

We know that there's a lot going on in the world right now, but we hope you'll find joy and peace in learning with us. In February, we brought you new content in Art and Art History, AP US Government and Politics, Careers, and Algebra II.

Be kind to yourself, and onwards! 

Arts and Humanities

Tools for Understanding Religion in Art (Videos)

• The audacity of Christian art: Christ is not like a snail: Signs and symbols | National Gallery
• The audacity of Christian art: Putting God in His place: Here, everywhere, and nowhere | National Gallery
• The audacity of Christian art: Time and eternity: Yesterday, today, and always | National Gallery
• The audacity of Christian art: This world and the next: Christ on earth; Christ in heaven | National Gallery
• The audacity of Christian Art: So near and yet so far: Visions and thresholds | National Gallery
• The audacity of Christian art: Unspeakable images: When words fail | National Gallery

AP US Government and Politics (Videos, Exercises, and Articles)

• Ideology and policymaking: lesson overview (Article)
• Ideology and policymaking (Exercise)
• Influence of political events on ideology (Video)
• Influence of political events on ideology (Article)
• Influence of political events on ideology (Exercise)
• Measuring public opinion: lesson overview (Article)
• Holding the bureaucracy accountable (Exercise)
• Legitimacy of the judicial branch: lesson overview (Article)
• Interactions among branches of government: unit overview (Article)
• Policy and the branches of government (Exercise)
• The Court in Action (Video)
• The Court in action: lesson overview (Article)
• The Court in action (Exercise)
• Interest groups influencing policymaking (Exercise)

Approaches to Art History (Articles)

• Naturalism, realism, abstraction and idealization
• Artists in and against the museum

Art of Asia (Article)

• The European Palaces of the Qianlong Emperor, Beijing

Art of the Americas to World War I (Articles)

• Picturing Racial and Social Identities in José Agustín Arrieta’s Costumbrista Painting, La Sorpreza
• Coming of Age in Gutiérrez’s Costumbrista painting, La despedida del joven indio (The Young Indian’s Farewell)

Baroque to Neoclassical Art in Europe (Article)

• Anthony van Dyck, Charles I with M. de St. Antoine

Europe 1300-1600 (Videos and Articles)

• Renaissance woman: Isabella d’Este (Article)
• Persian carpets, a peacock, and a cucumber, understanding Crivelli's Annunciation (Video)
• Do you speak Renaissance? Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child (Article)
• Fit for a duke: Broederlam's Crucifixion Altarpiece (Video)

Medieval Europe + Byzantine (Videos)

• Woman with Scroll, An Early Byzantine Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Byzantine Mosaic of a Personification, Ktisis
• Byzantine Griffin

Modernisms 1900-1980 (Articles)

• Synthetic Cubism, Part I
• Synthetic Cubism, Part II

Special topics in Art History (Videos)

• Picturing Spanish conquest in an era of U.S. expansion
• The painting that inspired a National Park
• Clean water for a young Philadelphia

College, Careers, and More

Careers (Videos)

• How to handle naysayers when starting a business?
• What advice do you have for someone wanting to be an entrepreneur?
• How do you know if a business idea is worth pursuing?
• How do you prepare yourself mentally to be an entrepreneur?
• What to think about when taking over an existing business?

Math

Algebra II (Video)

• Area model for multiplying polynomials with negative terms