During the interwar period, the idea of identity, both individual and social, came under scrutiny for intellectual and political reasons. In this lesson, students will discuss what identity means to them and will consider how their own identities are affected by the social and political realities of their time.

During the interwar years there was an increase in the number of people who migrated and emigrated. This lesson considers how artists reflected upon these physical movements in their artworks and examines the roles of narrative in artworks dealing with this theme.

Following the outbreak of World War I, avant-garde artistic practices that had been developed to challenge traditional means of representation lost their resonance with many artists. This lesson explores works of art that were created by artists in direct response to the war and the social turmoil of the time.

During the interwar period, the European and American landscape was transformed by several factors. The works in this lesson reflect several artistic responses to the challenging landscape during the interwar period.