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Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
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Students look at both African American history and the history of portraiture. Portrait subjects include Sojourner Truth, Mohammed Ali, Ella Fitzgerald, and Leontyne Price.

This set of four lessons is divided into grades K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12. The youngest students make their own photographic “calling cards.” Older students research portrait subjects.

Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits Download Lesson and Materials for grades K–2
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These lessons are produced by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. Teachers may duplicate the materials for educational purposes.

Development of this lesson plan was sponsored by Target.

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