<p>Discover the life of Henrietta Lacks through Kadir Nelson’s vibrant portrait and learn about her legacy (or her important place in history). </p> <p>Keywords: Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, Cells, Biology, Cancer</p><p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>Learn about award-winning musician and “Queen of Tejano,” Selena.</p> <p>#NPGteach </p><p>Keywords: Selena, Tejano Music, Singer, Photography, Portraiture. Latinx Musicians, Hispanic Heritage Month</p>

<p>Discover how fun and funky portraiture can be through the artwork of Marisol Escobar, also known as Marisol.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <p>Keywords: Marisol Escobar, Assemblage, Sculpture, Found Objects, Pop Art, New Realism, Portraiture, Venezuelan-American, Latinx Artists, Women Artists, </p>

<p>Learn about Angela Davis, her role as an activist, and how photographers use camera angles to tell us about the sitter.</p> <p></p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <p></p> <p>Keywords: Angela Davis, activist, activism, Black Panthers, public speaking, camera, angles, photographer</p>

<p>Explore nature and insects in the portrait E.O. Wilson by Jennie Summerall and be a scientist as you examine the natural world around you.</p><p></p><p>#NPGteach</p><p></p><p>Keywords: E.O. Wilson, entomologist, bugs, insects, observation, ants, science, scientist</p>

<p>Learn about Sequoyah (c. 1770 – 1843), creator of the Cherokee syllabary (symbols used like an alphabet), and practice writing skills.</p> <p></p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <p></p> <p>Keywords: Sequoyah, Cherokee, Writing, Syllable</p>

<p>Learn how First Lady Michelle Obama helped her community. Then design a self-portrait that shows how you help your community.</p> <p></p> <p>#NPGteach #NPGype #MichelleObama</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>This Learning Lab Collection complements the National Portrait Gallery's DCPS third grade student program series, Dynamic Figures: Then and Now <br></p> <p></p> <p>The Dynamic Figures: Then and Now series utilizes portraiture to create cross curricular connections.  During the academic year, DCPS third grade classes will have the opportunity to experience the National Portrait Gallery for three unique visits during the fall, winter, and spring.  Whether a third grade class attends one, two or all three sessions, students will be  exposed to the power of portraiture at varying degrees.  This program aligns directly with learning goals for the third grade.  Through interactive discussions as well as sketching, writing, and kinetic activities, students will read, solve problems, compare and contrast portraits across the collection.  Students will learn how to “read” a portrait and recognize the value of portraiture in an array of settings and circumstances. </p> <p></p> <p>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></p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <ul></ul>

<p>The Learning Lab Collection highlights the ways in which portraiture reveals the past, present, and future of artist, sitters, and the nation. By analyzing portraiture, students will consider how portraiture reflects the past, mirrors the present, and inspires the future. Students will explore a variety of mediums, sitters, and eras of the United States through portraiture of the following individuals:</p> <ul><li>Faith Ringgold</li><li>Fred T. Korematsu</li><li>Leonora O'Reilly</li><li>Fisk Jubilee Singers</li></ul><p><strong>Objectives:</strong> After completing this lesson, students will be better able to: <br /></p> <ul><li>Examine how modern and contemporary artists use portraiture to reveal aspects of a sitter’s individual, community/cultural, and national identity. </li><li>Identify key components of a portrait and discuss what one can learn about the sitter through these components. </li><li>Discuss the artistic choices that portrait artists make and consider how such decisions can reveal the artists’ viewpoints and also influence the viewers’ understanding of the sitters’ identity. </li><li>Use the museum’s collection as a gateway to investigating and exploring of the visualization of past, present, and future</li></ul><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Faith Ringgold, Fred T. Korematsu, Leonora O'Reilly, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Self-Portrait, Textile Art, Story Quilt, Activism, Japanese Incarceration, Topaz, Korematsu v. United States, Suffrage, Wallace Morgan, Newspaper Sketch, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Music, Choir, Photography, Cabinet Card, Past, Present, Future</p> <p>#NPGteach<br /></p>

<p>The National Portrait Gallery tells the story of the United States of America by portraying the people who shape the nation’s history, development and culture.</p> <p>This collection is a virtual gallery of all the portraits found within student programs at the National Portrait Gallery. Learn more about our <a href="https://npg.si.edu/teachers/school-groups">virtual student programs</a> and explore more of the <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/org/npg">National Portrait Gallery's Learning Lab collections</a>.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p> <p><br></p>

<p>This Learning Lab collection complements the National Portrait Gallery student Program, Explore!</p> <p></p> <p>The Explore! program introduces young students to portraiture. They will be exposed to what makes up a portrait and search portraits for clues to learn more about themselves and significant Americans.  Through interactive discussions and hands-on activities, students will read, compare, and contrast portraits across the collection.</p> <p></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.</li></ul> <p>#NPGteach</p>