<p>This collection takes a close look at significant figures from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Consider how portraits can add depth to students’ understanding of this important event and honor the people who made it happen.</p> <p><em>“Portraits of Change: Faces of the 1963 March on Washington” is part of the teacher workshop series Classroom Conversations which uses portraits to explore topics and themes related to history and heritage months throughout the school year.</em> </p>

<p>Learn about Queen Lili'uokalani​ and decorate sheet music of "Aloha Oe" with Hawaiian flowers. </p> <p>This lesson was created by National Portrait Gallery educators Beth Evans and Irina Rubenstein.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>Explore portraits from "Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands" at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in this Learning Lab collection.<br></p> <p>Hung Liu (1948–2021) was a contemporary Chinese-born American artist, whose multilayered paintings established new frameworks for understanding portraiture in relation to time, memory, and history. Often sourcing her subjects from photographs, Liu elevated overlooked individuals by amplifying the stories of those who have historically been invisible or unheard. Having lived through war, political revolution, exile, and displacement, she offered a complex picture of an Asian Pacific American experience. Her portraits speak powerfully to those seeking a better life, in the United States and elsewhere. <em>Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands</em> will be first major exhibition of the artist's work on the East Coast. This is also the first time that a museum will focus on Liu’s portraiture.</p> <p><em>The story of America as a destination for the homeless and hungry of the world is not only a myth. It is a story of desperation, of sadness, of uncertainty, of leaving your home. It is also a story of determination, and—more than anything—of hope.</em></p> <p>— Hung Liu, 2017</p> <p><em></em>"Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands" will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery August 27, 2021, through May 30, 2022</p> <p>Keywords: Hung Liu, Chinese-American, AAPI, Cultural Revolution, China, Portraits, Portraiture, Family, Mother, Father, Daughter, Son, Gender, Refugees, Immigration, Identification, Identity, Displacement, War, Asian Pacific American, Painting, Photography, Memory, Migration, Dorothea Lange, Carrie Mae Weems</p>

<p>Meet the Native Americans who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America. Use this collection to celebrate American Indian Heritage Month and embrace indigenous voices in the classroom year round. Native peoples have lived throughout what is now the United States since time immemorial and continue to make homes and communities here today. This collection mirrors parts rather than the whole of this continuing story. 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><strong>Keywords: </strong>Portraits, American Indian Heritage Month, American Indian, Native American, Indigenous, Ani-Yunwiya (Cherokee), Diné (Navajo), Chata (Choctaw), Sioux, Wah-Zha-Zhi (Osage), Ojibwe (Chippewa), Apache, Niitsitapi (Blackfeeet), Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Nuuchu (Ute), Nuwuvi (Paiute), Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), Quapaw, Portraits</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. Using the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition <a href="https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/hung-liu-portraits-promised-lands">Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands </a>(2021-2022) as a case study, students will develop a sense of confidence and belonging that transmits to their families and communities. </p> <p>​This collection is based of a spring 2022 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 spring 2022 Family Literacy workshop.</p> <p> </p> <p>#FamilyLit #FamilyLiteracy #FCPSFamilyLiteracy</p>

<p>Commemorate American Veterans and get to know their stories in this collection. Take a close look at several veterans and how their lives and legacies are shaped by their military service. #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 Collection complements the National Portrait Gallery student program, Portraiture and STEAM.</p> <p></p> <p>Students will explore the ways portraiture can be a springboard to discuss STEAM concepts (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).  By analyzing portraits, students will consider the sitters’ stories and recognize their contributions to the various STEAM fields.  During the program, there will be opportunities to examine a broad range of STEAM topics to allow for classroom connections and emphasis on relevance. </p> <p></p> <p>After completing the program, students will be better able to:</p> <ul><li>Identify key components of a portrait and discuss what one can learn about the sitter through these components.</li><li>Identify and analyze the contributions that sitters made in their STEAM fields of expertise.</li><li>Use the museum’s collection and portraiture as a springboard to exploring a variety of STEAM concepts.</li></ul> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>Learn about the ecology of Hawaiian Islands through the eyes of those who called them home. Together we will closely look at portraits of musicians, leaders, and athletes who taught the world about the Aloha State and ways to preserve it.</p> <p><em>"Ecology, Hawaii, and Portraiture</em>”<em> is part of the teacher workshop series Classroom Conversations which uses portraits to explore topics and themes related to history and heritage months throughout the school year.</em> </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>In this lesson, students will explore the artistic journey of Hugo Crosthwaite, focusing on how his work reflects experiences of border-crossing, migration, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Students will also analyze the power of storytelling through visual art, particularly in Crosthwaite’s stop-motion animation, <em>A Portrait of Berenice Sarmiento Chávez</em>. </p> <p>This lesson was written by Dahlia H. Constantine, Gallery Educator at the National Portrait Gallery.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>In this collection, students will explore how American women in Paris from 1900 to 1939 defied societal norms, contributed to modernism, and influenced art, literature, dance, and design. They will analyze the intersectional identities of these women and discuss how living in Paris versus returning to America impacted their lives and work.</p> <p>This lesson was written by Dahlia H. Constantine, Gallery Educator at the National Portrait Gallery.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>