About This Lesson
Students will examine Bierstadt’s painting Wind River Country and talk about how the painting makes them feel and why. They will also learn a little bit about the historical context of the painting and use it as the setting for an adventure for which they will write a travel journal.
Students at the lower levels will have difficulty with the travel journal. Perhaps they could draw about an adventure they encountered on their journey and have the teacher or support teacher underwrite for them.