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TEACHER PROGRAMS, 2007–08
The National Portrait Gallery provides professional development workshops throughout the academic year to teachers. Integrating portraiture into the classroom can provide exciting opportunities to connect students with history, biography, visual art, and many other subjects. Some workshops focus on specific exhibition themes, while others take a broader look at the museum’s collection. All workshops require preregistration and include interactive tours of a selected exhibition, hands-on components, and take-away resources that provide teachers with innovative ideas and techniques they can adapt for classroom use. All programs take place in the National Portrait Gallery’s Education Center, Room E151, in the “American Origins” exhibition on the first floor.
 Workshop registration form (pdf)
Workshop registration form (doc)
Back-to-School Night for Educators:
The Language of Art
August 30, 2007
4:30–8:00 p.m.
 
The National Portrait Gallery is collaborating with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to offer a Back-to-School Night for educators on August 30. Join us for workshops, tours, performances, and resources. This event is held in conjunction with the Back-to-School Night held by the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the National Museum of African Art on Thursday, August 23.
Early Presidents
September 18, 2007
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Focusing on presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant, this workshop will explore the effective and innovative use of presidential portraiture as a classroom teaching tool.
Reading Portraiture
October 2, 2007
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Portraiture has a place in the classroom! Teachers will learn about the techniques and methods needed to present “history with personality.” This workshop is ideal for teachers seeking a broad view of the museum’s exhibition highlights.
Special Exhibit Programs:
Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763–1848
October 23, 2007
5:00–8:00 p.m.
This workshop encourages teachers to look at history from a unique angle. Through portraiture, this exhibition develops connections between Spanish and American figures who collaborated in the Revolutionary War and left a lasting mark on American geography, politics, and culture.
Special Exhibit Programs:
Let Your Motto Be Resistance
November 14, 2007
5:00–8:00 p.m.
On August 16, 1843, Henry Highland Garnet, an abolitionist and clergyman, spoke about the future of black America. He advocated action: “Strike for your lives and liberties. . . . Let your motto be Resistance! Resistance! RESISTANCE!” Through photographic portraiture, this workshop introduces participants to those African Americans who have answered Garnet’s call in their own ways for more than 150 years.
The Presidency and the Cold War
December 4, 2007
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Every president from Franklin Roosevelt to George H. W. Bush was touched by the Cold War. Teachers will explore Cold War portraiture and symbolism as captured on Time magazine covers.
Portraiture and the Civil War
January 15, 2008
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Biography brings the men and women behind the battles to life in this workshop. Teachers will explore the exhibition “Faces of Discord: The Civil War Era” and discover innovative teaching methods that engage students with Civil War portraiture.
American Search for Justice
January 29, 2008
5:00–8:00 p.m.
This workshop explores the many civil rights movements that reshaped American society. The figures represented in this gallery acted as catalysts during the mid-twentieth century, a period of social and political upheaval. Facilitators will bring this controversial, fascinating and highly relevant era to life through portraiture.
America’s Presidents in the Twentieth Century
February 26, 2008
5:00–8:00 p.m.
As America evolved throughout the twentieth century, presidential portraiture from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton changed with it. Teachers learn to use portraiture as a springboard to effective classroom lessons focusing on this important time period.
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CONTACT US
 Phone: (202) 633-8503
FAX: (202) 633-8521
 E-mail: NPGEducation@si.edu
Mailing Address:
Office of Education
National Portrait Gallery
P.O. Box
37012
Washington, D.C. 20013-0712
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TEACHER WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
Please use the printable registration for all teacher workshops, and be sure to include all required information. The application should be emailed to the address above.
Registration form (pdf)
Registration packet (doc)
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