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Teacher Programs for 2013:
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.
Social Studies, Portraiture, and Inquiry in Your Classroom
Workshop presented with the Center for Inspired Teaching
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
5:00-8:00 p.m.
 Have you considered using portraiture in the classroom as a way to introduce your students to inquiry-based learning? Educators from the National Portrait Gallery and Center for Inspired Teaching will introduce ways to integrate inquiry into your classroom teaching. In this workshop, participants will use the Portrait Gallery's collection to explore four stages of an inquiry lesson-developing questions and planning inquiries, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, evaluating sources and using evidence, developing conclusions, and taking informed action.
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013: Finding Inspiration for Your Art Classroom
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
5:00-8:00 p.m.
 The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition exhibition comes along only once every three years. Take advantage of the exhibition while it is on view! Contemporary artists are creating both traditional and innovative portraits in this exhibition-everything from oil on canvas to textiles to time-based media. There's something for everyone! Explore the exhibition and be inspired to create your own work of art.
Portraiture and Civic Engagement
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
5:00-8:00 p.m.
 The Portrait Gallery's "One Life: Martin Luther King Jr." exhibition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington and King's stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. King's words were as powerful as his deeds, and the moving and eloquent addresses that gave hope to millions continue to inspire people throughout the world. Participants will use this small exhibition as inspiration for considering how to bring civic engagement into the classroom.
Embracing the Common Core with Art
Workshop presented with the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Saturday, February 22, 2014
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
 Have you considered using art and portraiture as text in the classroom to teach the Common Core? Art museums are poised to support classroom educators as you adapt to the new integrated approach. Join museum educators from the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum to explore the connections among social studies, English language arts, and visual arts. In this workshop, participants will read objects as text-determining the main idea, identifying the purpose, and revealing the artist's point of view.
Using Art and Portraiture to Teach Twenty-first-Century Literacies
Workshop presented with the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Saturday, March 22, 2014
9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m
 How do we define literacy in the twenty-first century? In this session, participants will use art and portraiture to examine various forms of literacy and discuss how to encourage their development in the classroom. Educators from the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum will use objects in their collections to introduce the following types of literacy: Read, Speak, Listen, Write, Perform, and Share. Participants will then work in groups to brainstorm classroom applications.
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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.
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In addition to our scheduled professional development workshops, we are able to accommodate groups for customized workshops or in-service days. Please call or email; we will work with you to develop a program appropriate for your group.
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