The New York Times has a great article and interactive feature about Ansel Adams’s photography of Yosemite National Park. The interactive feature includes nine of Ansel Adams’s photographs. When visitors click on a photograph it enlarges and a woman’s voice narrates a short story about Adams’s photography. In addition to the photographs there is an interactive map that displays the year in which and the place in the park where Adams took each photograph.

Applications for Education
This interactive feature is obviously a nice resource for art teachers. The interactive feature from The New York Times is also a great stimulus for lessons on American History. Teachers can tie in Adams’s work and the development of the National Park system envisioned by Theodore Roosevelt.

Teachers looking for more lesson plan ideas about Ansel Adams should visit the PBS web page about Ansel Adams.