- Type: Lesson Plan
- Collection: African American Art, American Art
- Culture/Region: America
- Subject Area: African American, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
- Grade Level: 4-12
This art-based adventure explores the African American experience in North America by pairing visual and written primary sources. The works of art have been chosen from the American Art collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The written selections include poems, speeches, and other historical documents. Combining images with words provides students with multiple learning pathways for explorations of art, history, and language.
Although the works displayed in VMFA’s galleries varies, most of the works examined in this activity are usually on view. Once you have explored these works in your classroom, treat your students to a memorable experience by bringing them to the museum to read the selected passages out loud in the galleries in front of the works of art.
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