Smithsonian Education | Using Biography and Portraiture to Learn about Asian Pacific American History | Cultivating Learning @SmithsonianEducation | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Join Andrea Kim Neighbors, Head of Education at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC), to explore how biographies and portraits can be used to learn about Asian Pacific American history, art, culture, lived experiences, and more. Participants will practice techniques to analyze a portrait from APAC's book, "We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States," emphasizing the story of tennis star and activist Naomi Osaka. This session will focus on close looking and reflection on how Osaka spoke up about social injustice, the Black Lives Matter movement, and her experiences as a mixed-race woman of Japanese and Haitian descent. Participants will leave with 30 classroom-ready digital activities that can be used with middle and high school students, and strategies to use with portraiture and biography.
This interactive webinar is part of “Cultivating Learning,” a professional development webinar series focusing on techniques to use digital museum resources for learning. Check out “Cultivating Learning” and other Smithsonian Learning Lab webinars: https://learninglab.si.edu/help
Session Collection
Using Biography and Portraiture to Learn about Asian Pacific American History | Cultivating Learning: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/using-biography-and-portraiture-to-learn-about-asian-pacific-american-history-cultivating-learning/kMd2uNUcSA7rg8Tt
Thumbnail Image: Portrait of Naomi Osaka
Illustrated by Illi Ferandez
From the book "We Are Here" (Running Press Kids)
Join Andrea Kim Neighbors, Head of Education at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC), to explore how biographies and portraits can be used to learn about Asian Pacific American history, art, culture, lived experiences, and more. Participants will practice techniques to analyze a portrait from APAC's book, "We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States," emphasizing the story of tennis star and activist Naomi Osaka. This session will focus on close looking and reflection on how Osaka spoke up about social injustice, the Black Lives Matter movement, and her experiences as a mixed-race woman of Japanese and Haitian descent. Participants will leave with 30 classroom-ready digital activities that can be used with middle and high school students, and strategies to use with portraiture and biography.
This interactive webinar is part of “Cultivating Learning,” a professional development webinar series focusing on techniques to use digital museum resources for learning. Check out “Cultivating Learning” and other Smithsonian Learning Lab webinars: https://learninglab.si.edu/help
Session Collection
Using Biography and Portraiture to Learn about Asian Pacific American History | Cultivating Learning: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/using-biography-and-portraiture-to-learn-about-asian-pacific-american-history-cultivating-learning/kMd2uNUcSA7rg8Tt
Thumbnail Image: Portrait of Naomi Osaka
Illustrated by Illi Ferandez
From the book "We Are Here" (Running Press Kids)
