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Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo What Can You Do With a Portrait? Lesson PlanSmithsonian Education: Art to Zoo What Can You Do With a Portrait? Lesson Plan
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Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo What Can You Do With a Portrait?

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This is the very first published issue of Art to Zoo. Unlike later issues, it features three separate topics instead of one larger theme. In this issue you can find information and resources for teaching westward expansion and its impact on African Americans, portraiture, and ecology.

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discrimination, ecology, portraiture, westward expansion, african american history

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portrait, smithsonian education: art to zoo- what can you do with a portrait?, portraits

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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