Pairing Portraits and Poetry: "American Gothic, Washington, D.C." and "Mother to Son"

Smithsonian Learning Lab
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Language Arts And English Literature Middle School (13 to 15 years old)
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Pairing Portraits and Poetry: "American Gothic, Washington, D.C." and "Mother to Son"

This collection was created in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery's 2018 Learning to Look Summer Teacher Institute.  #NPGteach

Students will compare and contrast two characters:  the subject of a portrait by Gordon Parks and the speaker of a poem by Langston Hughes.  
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