INDIVISIBLE
Confronting Enduring Legacies of Division in American History
INDIVISIBLE
Confronting Enduring Legacies of Division in American History
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Welcome to Princeton High School's United States History I Class of 2023’s online exhibitions. These exhibitions confront enduring legacies of division in United States history from the Early Modern Era all the way to the Gilded Age. Each student’s exhibit was designed to share the learning they have acquired in the past year, analyze the lasting legacies of past injustices, conflict, and triumphs to the present day, and help visitors learn more, get involved, or show their support for meaningful causes. During this process, students have been supported by their teachers, Ms. Dineen and Ms. Young, and have also received help from many specialists. Click here to see our Q&A with the Princeton Art Museum and the New-York Historical Society. Together, we worked resiliently to create this amazing exhibit in just one week!
There are five unique exhibitions
Exhibition 1: “America Before The Constitution” includes life before and during colonization of America, and American independence.
Exhibition 2: “The Early American Republic” explores the challenges the United States navigated as a new nation.
Exhibition 3: “A Nation Divided” chronicles growing sectionalism in the United States leading to the Civil War and a period of so-called reconstruction.
Exhibition 4: “Modernizing America” explores the implications of industrialism in the Gilded Age.
Students have created a special exhibition to highlight the importance of racial literacy and justice in our study of history and in navigating the world around us.
These exhibits are interactive for the reader, so many of them will be amazing to watch. We hope you enjoy your time on our site and learn something new and cool from it!
A WORD OF THANKS
Although the passion and the work of us students shined in this exhibit, without help and guidance from experts and community members, this exhibit wouldn’t be the one you see today. Therefore, we at IndivisiblePHS, would like to thank the following societies and education groups:
The Princeton University Art Museum
The New-York Historical Society (Museums and Libraries)
Princeton Public Library
Princeton Public Schools
These groups gave us the opportunity to think, create, and show our creative works, without them, this exhibit wouldn’t even exist. Their many volunteers were there to help us along the way, so we would also like to thank:
Louise, Allegra, Anna, Claudia, Sandy, Cathy, Brice, Martine, John, and Elizabeth from the Princeton University Art Museum
Mia, Leslie, Lee, and the WAMS team from the New-York Historical Society
Susan, Mimi, and Jennifer from the Princeton Public Library
Our endlessly supportive PHS community!
for giving us advice when in need, for teaching us more about the world of art and history, and for encouraging us to create our exhibits to our full potential. Without your kindness, generosity, and time, this exhibit wouldn’t have been the same.
Last but not least, we all like to thank our teacher, Ms. Dineen for engaging us in American history, we’d like to thank her for her enthusiasm all year through her teachings, we’d lastly like to thank her for treating us like friends, like family, so whenever we would go into that classroom, we would get that warm feeling of happiness.
Without her, none of this would have happened. Therefore, we thank Ms. Dineen for her compassion, enthusiasm, and hard work.
It is important to know that without the historical and curatorial foundation, without the works and dedication of these people, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate our history in the way we have through our exhibitions.
If you are a visitor, we hope you enjoyed this exhibit and we hope you take the learnings with you wherever you go because, as our school slogan says, “you live to learn and you learn to live.” We hope you all enjoyed our work.
Sincerely,
Princeton High School's US History I Class of 2023
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