About This Lesson
Explore Bierstadt’s life and the art and events that inspired him to paint The Last of the Buffalo. Special attention is given to the near extinction of the buffalo and its impact on Native American cultures.
The correct placement of the 15 puzzle pieces present the backstory to Albert Bierstadt’s The Last of the Buffalo. Learn how Manifest Destiny and the closing of the frontier informed his work.
As you solve the puzzle, consider how The Last of the Buffalo can inform contemporary environmental issues. For example, technological advances can have unintended consequences. Unregulated market forces can run amuck. Note especially how marginalized populations were disproportionately impacted by the loss of the buffalo.
