Picturing Identity: Exploring Portraiture at the DIA
Through exploration of portraiture and self-portraiture across time and cultures in the DIA’s collection, students will understand how artists use pose, symbolism, clothing, facial expression, objects and other details t...
Past Objects, Present Culture
Using the five themes of geography to guide their inquiry, students will explore objects from ancient civilizations to understand how human culture has evolved and how those advances affect our lives today.
Identity in the World: Looking at the Bigger Picture
Using this graphic organizer, students investigate how art can build an understanding of individual, group and world identity.
Individual Identity: Using Details as Clues
Help students capture descriptive details in their writing to make their thinking visible and find identities in art at the DIA.
Building a Sense of Community
How can communities of the past help students understand their own? This graphic organizer is designed to help students draw connections between their own communities and the many different ones on view at the DIA.