{"id":5610,"date":"2013-10-07T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T15:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/?page_id=5610"},"modified":"2015-04-29T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T11:12:52","slug":"themes-around-learning-with-portraiture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes around learning with portraiture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6071\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Music.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6071\" class=\"wp-image-6071 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Music.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 National Portrait Gallery, London\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Music.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Music-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Music-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 National Portrait Gallery, London<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Portraiture can be used to explore themes. For example a theme based on clothes and costume can be the basis for practical costume making workshops for adults, fashion photoshoots for young people and family activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Curriculum for England and Wales is shifting to being more theme based and cross curricular. For example a theme around portraits of scientific figures could look at the scientific concepts they introduced, their historical and social legacy and the representation of them in visual media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish National Portrait Gallery already runs more theme based guided tours for the Scottish Curriculum and so the full list appears here as a case study.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are just a few ideas with examples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Books and literary figures\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/books-and-literary-figures\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Books and literary figures<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Local history\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/local-history\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Local history<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Cultural heritage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/cultural-heritage\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Cultural heritage<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Debate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/debate\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Debate<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Sport\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/sport\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Sport<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Heroes and Villains\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/heroes-and-villains\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Heroes and Villains<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a title=\"Self-portraiture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/themes-around-learning-with-portraiture\/self-portraiture\/\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Self-portraiture<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to Develop Learning Programmes and Audience Engagement with Portraits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishportraits.org.uk\/resources\/toolkits\/how-to-develop-learning-programmes-and-audience-engagement-with-portraits\/\">Return to &#8216;How to Develop Learning Programmes and Audience Engagement with Portraits&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portraiture can be used to explore themes. For example a theme based on clothes and costume can be the basis for practical costume making workshops for adults, fashion photoshoots for young people and family activities. &nbsp; The National Curriculum for England and Wales is shifting to being more theme based and cross curricular. 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