Faces of America: Portraits | Uncovering America

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Portrait self portrait American history Indigenous history Native American colonial America self expression identity individuality community photography political art class wealth race appearance representation John Singleton Copley Abigail Smith Babcock Adam Babcock Benjamin West Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye Captain David Hill Gilbert Stuart George Washington Vaughan Portrait Catherine Brass Yates Richard Yates Charles Willson Peale Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming James Peale AT Kerr Esquire miniatures Joshua Johnson Grace Allison McCurdy Mrs Hugh McCurdy and her Daughters Mary Jane and Letitia Grace Thomas Sully Lady with a Harp Eliza Ridgely 19th century American art Portrait of a Ships Steward George Catlin The Female Eagle Shawano Boy Chief Ojibbeway Augustus Washington Portrait of a Woman Sojourner Truth carte de visite John Singer Sargent Miss Beatrice Townsend Robert Henri Indian Girl in White Blanket George Bellows Little Girl in White Queenie Burnett Archibald John Motley Jr Portrait of my Grandmother Rembrandt Peale Rubens Peale with a Geranium Alfred Stieglitz Georgia OKeeffe James Van Der Zee Sisters Gordon Parks Ella Watson with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter Lee Miller Portrait of Space near Siwa Egypt Langston Hughes Chicago Alice Neel Loneliness Barkley Leonnard Hendricks George Jules Taylor Milton Rogovin Doris McKinney Andy Warhol Walker Evans Subway Portrait Philip-Lorca diCorcia Head 22 National Gallery of Art NGA Uncovering America lesson plan
Subjects
History-Social Science The Arts
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Faces of America: Portraits | Uncovering America

What is a portrait? What truths and questions does a portrait communicate? What might a portrait express about the person portrayed? How does it reflect the sitter’s community, setting, family, or friends? What does the portrait reveal about the artist?

In this set of images and related activities, students will learn how to interpret portraits from throughout American history using a variety of perspectives and themes, and they will explore different to create their own self-portraits.
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PBS Learning Media

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