<p>Celebrate Earth Day with the National Portrait Gallery. In this collection you will find six lessons that use portraiture as an entry point for talking about the planet. Each lesson highlights close looking questions and a activity. Lessons include:</p> <ol><li>Learn About the Earth with Planetary Scientist Carl Sagan</li><li>Build a Bug with Biologist E.O. Wilson</li><li>Make a Self-Portrait with Marine Biologist Julie Packard</li><li>Create a Leaf Rubbing with Sociologist Dorceta Taylor</li><li>Design a Poster with Climate Activist Dolores Huerta</li><li>Write a Story with Botanist George Washington Carver</li></ol> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>Meet the Black Americans who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America from 1700-present. Use this collection to celebrate Black History Month and embrace Black voices in your classroom year-round! </p> <p>This collection mirrors parts rather than the whole of African American history and culture. It also reflects the history of portraiture in the United States, we recognize that who is represented and how one is represented reflects the country's flaws as well as it's strengths<br></p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>This Learning Lab complements the National Portrait Gallery's student program, Shaping America.</p> <p>Meet the politicians, reformers, inventors, authors, soldiers, and others who shaped the course of American history from the Colonial Era through the Civil War. Students will analyze portraits to learn about the diverse and significant contributions to American society made by individuals in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.</p> <p>#NPGteach<br></p> <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> After completing this lesson, students will be better able to:</p> <ul><li> Identify important Americans and analyze their contributions to U.S. History</li><li>Identify key components of a portrait and discuss what we can learn about the sitter through these components</li></ul> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Colonies, Revolutionary War, Westward Expansion, Civil War, Abolition, Suffrage</p>

<p>This Learning Lab complements the National Portrait Gallery's student program, Voices of Social Justice.<br></p> <p>Students will learn about some of the major figures who struggled to obtain civil rights for disenfranchised or marginalized groups. They will listen to stories of social justice and analyze portraits of individuals who broke barriers—from key nineteenth-century reformers to modern leaders—and will likely be encouraged to consider how they, too, can become civically engaged.</p> <p><a href="https://npg.si.edu/teachers/school-groups">Schedule</a> a virtual Voices of Social Justice student program with National Portrait Gallery educators.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <p>Keywords: Social Justice, Activists, Civil Rights, Reform, Change, Disenfranchised, Abolition, Suffrage, Labor Rights, Citizenship Rights, Japanese Incarceration, Boycotts, Protest, March, Justice, Black Lives Matter</p>

<p>Meet the Jewish Americans who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America. Use this collection to celebrate Jewish Heritage Month and embrace Jewish voices in the classroom year round.<em> </em>This collection features some but not all portraits of Jewish American sitters found in the National Portrait Gallery's permanent collection. <em>Please note that the sitters in this collection are American citizens who are Jewish whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion. </em></p> <p>#NPGteach<br></p>

<p>This collection explores portraits from photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders's <a href="https://npg.si.edu/portraits/collection-search?edan_local=1&edan_q=Latino%2BList&" title="https://npg.si.edu/portraits/collection-search?edan_local=1&edan_q=Latino%2BList&" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Latino List</a> using the following strategies: Strike a Pose; Same, Different, Connect, Engage; Seek to See; and Lenses.</p> <p>This collection is part of the the National Portrait Gallery's Classroom Conversations Series. Classroom Conversations is a virtual teacher workshop series that uses portraiture to explore topics and themes related to history and heritage months throughout the school year.<br></p>

<p>Meet the LGBTQ+ pioneers who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America. Use this collection to celebrate LGBTQ+Pride Month, LGBTQ+ History Month, and embrace LGBTQ+ voices in the classroom year round. This collection reflects the history of portraiture in the United States- we recognize that who is represented and how one is represented reflects the country's flaws as well as it's strengths.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>Explore portraiture through storytelling and creative writing! Writing Hour with the National Portrait Gallery is a space where writers can create, connect, and draw inspiration from the museums collection.  We recommend you spend some time reading your chosen portrait before writing. New to reading portraiture? Learn about interpreting portraiture through the elements of portrayal in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xU8wC7sQl8&list=PLoiUVJmnCbmCsHkQlMj1Lr4YOfEh27OML&index=6">this video</a>. </p> <p>This Learning Lab collection features writing prompts created by literary host, Willona Sloan. Discover new portraits through writing by joining us virtually every Tuesday from 5:00pm-6:00pm EST for Writing Hour with the National Portrait Gallery. Register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-writing-hour-with-the-national-portrait-gallery-tickets-99411309904">here</a>.</p> <p>#NPGteach<br></p>

<p>In this collection, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students will understand the value of their observations, the impact of their voices, and the power of sharing their unique stories. <a href="https://lillibros.com/">Lil' Libros</a> and the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition <a href="https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/portraiture-now-kinship">Kinship</a> were used as inspiration for the lessons in this collection. Using these portraits and books as an entry point, students will develop a sense of confidence and belonging that transmits to their families and communities.</p> <p>​This collection is based of a fall 2023 workshop that was part of a long-standing partnership with between Fairfax County Public Schools Family Literacy ESOL Program, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology. ​</p> <p>​Educators of the workshop include: Beth Evans (NPG), Micheline Lavalle (FCPS), and Philippa Rappoport (OET).</p> <p>Please note: the Spanish elements in this collection reflect the first language spoken by most participants in the fall 2023 Family Literacy workshop.</p> <p>#FamilyLit #FamilyLiteracy #FCPSFamilyLiteracy</p>

<p>Meet the Arab Americans who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America from 1900-present. Use this collection to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month and embrace Arab American voices in your classroom year-round!</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>In this lesson, students will analyze historical contexts through the exploration of portraiture, discuss the artistic choices that portrait artists make and consider how such decisions can reveal the artists’ viewpoints and influence the viewers’ understanding of the sitters’ identity. </p> <p>This lesson was written by Asia Stanislaus, a member of the National Portrait Gallery's Teacher Advisory Board, who teaches at MS 447 in Brooklyn, New York.</p>

<p>Meet the Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America. Use this collection to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and embrace AAPI voices in the classroom year round.<br></p> <p>#NPGteach<br></p>