<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>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>This Learning Lab complements the National Portrait Gallery's student program, Visualizing Democracy. </p> <p>Students will visualize democracy from the colonial era to the 21st century by analyzing portraits of major figures who played a critical role—as government officials, engaged citizens, or both—in creating a democratic society for the United States. Students will investigate how portraiture can convey democratic ideals and how, as a cultural institution housed in a historic building, the National Portrait Gallery has been and continues to be relevant to American democracy.</p> <p><strong>Objectives</strong></p> <p>After completing this lesson, 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>Analyze the history of portraiture and understand how it has evolved from a means to document wealthy individuals to an accessible art form used to represent people from all walks of life. </li><li>Understand the nuance of the word democracy, to comprehend how portraiture’s evolution (the democratization of portraiture) has helped democratize society by giving voice to individuals who have historically been underrepresented. </li><li>Discuss the three branches of federal government and the value of citizen involvement in a democracy. Analyze the legacy of individuals who have been instrumental in creating, improving, and maintaining American democracy. </li><li>Recognize and analyze how cultural institutions, like the National Portrait Gallery, are important components of a robust democracy. </li></ul> <p><a href="https://npg.si.edu/teachers/school-groups">Schedule</a> a virtual Visualizing Democracy student program with National Portrait Gallery educators.</p> <p>#NPGteach<br></p> <p></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>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>In this Learning Lab collection, portraits are used entry point to teach about citizens and residents of the United States. Throughout this collection, students will examine not only the portrait subjects but will also gain insight into the larger historical time period in which the subjects lived and how they made change in their communities and the United States.</p> <p>This collection contains three lessons that highlight the many people, ideas, and cultures of the United States: "Reading Portraiture:</p> <p>Same, Different, Connect, Engage," "Engaging History: Expanding Democracy," and "Connections to the Present: Reading Election Posters."</p> <p>Review Reading Portraiture 101 before beginning the lessons.</p> <p>#NPGteach #EducatingForDemocracy</p>

<p>In this Learning Lab collection, portraits of Michelle Obama, Leonard Crow Dog, and Roger Shimomura are used as an entry point to teach about contemporary debates and possibilities. Using <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/">Educating for American Democracy</a>'s roadmap as a guide, this lesson centers on the theme  <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/7themes/contemporary-debates-possibilities/">A People with Contemporary Debates & Possibilities</a>. Students will examine not only the portrait subjects but will also gain insight into how their biography fits into American democracy.<br></p> <p>This collection contains three lessons that highlight activists: "Reading Portraiture: See – Feel - Wonder - Connectx2," "Engaging History: Perspectives on the American Indian Movement," and "Connections to the Present: Identity and Patriotism" with the last lesson containing an art \making prompt for Educating for American Democracy's Design Challenge: <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/k-12-student-design-challenge-awards/#civic-honesty">Civic Honesty, Reflective Patriotism</a></p> <p>Review <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/reading-portraiture-101/6VeUfzDnKE87HIOP">Reading Portraiture 101 </a>before beginning the lessons.</p> <p>#NPGteach #EducatingForDemocracy<br></p>

<p>In this Learning Lab collection, portrait photography of twentieth-century activists<em> </em>is used as an entry point to teach about the civic participation. Using <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/">Educating for American Democracy</a>'s roadmap as a guide, this lesson centers on the theme <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/the-roadmap/7themes/">Civic Participation</a>. . Students will examine not only the portrait subjects--including Ona Kingbird, John Lewis, and Sal Castro--but will also gain insight into the larger historical time period in which the subjects lived and how they located agency, made change, and sustained ideals of American democracy.</p> <p>This collection contains three lessons that highlight activists: "Reading Portraiture: See – Think – Me - We," "Engaging History: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee," and "Connections to the Present: Students in Action" with the last lesson containing an artmaking prompt for Educating for American Democracy's Design Challenge: <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/the-roadmap/5designchallenges/">Motivating Agency, Sustaining the Republic</a></p> <p>Review <a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/reading-portraiture-101/6VeUfzDnKE87HIOP">Reading Portraiture 101 </a>before beginning the lessons.</p> <p>#NPGteach #EducatingForDemocracy</p> <p></p>

<p>In this Learning Lab collection, group portraits are used an entry points to teach about the the constitution, amendments, and branches of government. Throughout this collection, students will examine not only the portrait subjects but will also gain insight into the larger historical time period in which the subjects lived and how they made change in American government.<br></p> <p>This collection contains three lessons that highlight activists: "Reading Portraiture: Values, Identities, Actions," "Engaging History: Picturing Amendments," and "Connections to the Present: Three Branches of Government."</p> <p>Review Reading Portraiture 101 before beginning the lessons.</p> <p>#NPGteach #EducatingForDemocracy</p>

<p>This Learning Lab complements, "Educating for American Democracy" a roadmap for excellence in history and civics featuring portraits from 1600 to today. The portraits are used as entry points to teach about the history of the United States and civic values. This collection serves as a home base, organizing the following components:  (1) Background Essay and Timeline; (1) About Educating for American Democracy; (2) Reading Portraiture 101; (3) Seven Themes: Lesson Plan; (4) Design Challenges: Artmaking Prompts.</p> <p>Throughout these Learning Lab collections, students will examine not only the portraits’ subjects and artists but will also gain insight into the larger historical time period in which the subjects lived. By studying the portraits, students will be able to understand how the sitters in these portraits exercised agency and explored civic themes. </p> <p>Educators will come to this Learning Lab collection from a wide range of disciplines and grade levels and can use the activities and resources as they see fit. The materials have been developed toward middle school social studies classes to allow teachers to scaffold lessons and add extension activities as needed. This Learning Lab collection was designed to be integrated with flexibility. It can be used in order, as single-time activities, or in various combinations to support existing topics in the curriculum.</p> <p>#NPGteach</p>

<p>In this lesson, students will use close-looking to learn more about Experimental Physicist, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu and discuss the contributions of women to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) fields. </p> <p>This lesson plan was written by NPG Gallery Educator, Erin Koester-Tussell.</p>