<p>This collection highlights portraits of religious women who have created community in the United States. Use close-looking strategies to delve into their biographies, learn about their life’s work, and consider how artists represent religion in portraiture. </p> <p><em>“Community Builders: Religious Women & Portraiture” 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 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>This Learning Lab collection complements the National Portrait Gallery's student program, <em>Portraiture and Social Emotional Learning (SEL).</em></p> <p>The <em>Portraiture and Social Emotional Learning (SEL)</em> student program approaches portraiture with a social-emotional lens. Students will consider how reading portraiture can lend itself to exploring social-emotional qualities such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.  This collection strives to provide opportunities to explore emotions and values in the context of portraiture.<br></p> <p><strong>Curriculum Connections: </strong>This lesson plan is suitable for students in grades 4-12 in multidisciplinary classes.<br></p> <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> After completing this lesson, students will be better able to: </p> <ul><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Identify key components of a portrait and discuss what we can learn about the sitter through these components.</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Investigate how these components reveal the viewpoints (of artist, sitter, and viewer) represented through the depiction of the sitters.</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Identify social emotional qualities and analyze the connections that can be made to portraiture.</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Utilize the museum’s collection and portraiture as a springboard to explore the range of social emotional qualities that include self-awareness, self- management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.</p></li></ul> <p></p> <p>#NPGteach<br></p> <p></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>

<p>In this collection, students will analyze the significance of Madam C.J. Walker’s life and contributions, examine how portraits and media representation shape our understanding of historical figures, and explore the concept of self-made success and its implications in American history. </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, 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 portraits from the National Portrait Gallery’s 2022 Outwin Portrait Competition 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 fall 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 fall 2022 Family Literacy workshop.</p> <p></p> <p>#FamilyLit #FamilyLiteracy #FCPSFamilyLiteracy</p>

<p>This lesson uses primary documents to trace the life of Littleton, an enslaved man who helped build the Old Patent Office Building. By using wills, ledgers, and other documents, students will build Littleton's biography. His life story invites us to consider the Antebellum period in American history (1832-1861) from a rarely considered perspective—that of an enslaved man. Littleton's life is emblematic of vast numbers of enslaved men whose likenesses and histories have gone unrecorded.<br></p> <p>This Learning Lab collection has been created in conjunction with the Learning to Look Summer Teacher Institute hosted by the National Portrait Gallery July 2024. This collection highlights the work of Michael Hussey, Director of History and Research at the National Portrait Gallery.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>In this collection, students will be better able to identify key elements of a portrait and discuss what we can learn about the sitter through these elements. They will also investigate how these elements may reveal the viewpoints of artist, sitter, and viewer while practicing media literacy skills. </p> <p>This lesson was written by Erin Koester Tusell, Gallery Educator at the National Portrait Gallery.</p>

<p>Visual-EYES-ing a Portrait of a Graduate is aligned with Fairfax County Public School's 6th grade standards and curriculum. This Learning Lab collection complements the National Portrait Gallery's student program of the same name.</p> <p>The Visual-EYES-ing a Portrait of a Graduate student program explores prominent Americans who embody communication, collaboration, resilience, creativity, and global citizenship, while investigating how these traits led to the individuals’ significant contributions to American history and culture. During their visit, students will communicate, collaborate, and engage in critical thinking as they consider portraiture. The program strives to inspire, connect, and provide relevance to the students as they complete/grow into their own self-portrait as a graduate.</p> <p>After completing this lesson, students will be better able to:<br></p> <ul><li>Identify key components of a portrait and discuss what we can learn about the sitter through these components, as well as investigate how these components reveal the viewpoints (of artist, sitter, and viewer) represented through the depiction of the sitters</li><li>Identify important Americans from colonial times to the present and analyze their contributions to US history and determine how they exemplify Portrait of a Graduate attributes</li><li>Analyze the various perspectives that artists bring to their work and examine the intended messages of the artists to discover a variety of ways to represent identity while determining if the portrait is realistic or idealized, representational or abstract, or if it fits on a spectrum</li><li>Utilize critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and citizenship skills.</li></ul> <p><a href="https://npg.si.edu/teachers/school-groups">Schedule</a> a virtual Visual-EYES-ing a Portrait of a Graduate student program with National Portrait Gallery educators.</p> <p>#NPGteach #FCPS</p><p>Keywords: Portraits, Attributes, Communicator, Collaborator, Ethical, Global Citizenship, Creative, Critical Thinking, Goal Directed, Resilient Individual, Significant Americans, FCPS, Sixth Grade</p> <ul></ul>

<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>

<p>Meet the Hispanic Americans who shaped the history, development, and culture of the United States of America. Use this collection to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and embrace Hispanic voices in the classroom year round.<br></p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Portraits, Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx History Month, Latina, Latino, Afro-Latino, Puerto Rican, Nuyorican, Chicana, Chicano, Scientists, Writers, Artists, Musicians, Actors, Activists, Government</p>