Getty Center Self-Guided Activities for Grades 6-8
Pre-Visit Activities
• Thirty-Second Look
• Protecting Art for Future Generations
• Video Introduction to the Getty Center
Post-Visit Activity
• Time to Reflect
• Thirty-Second Look
• Protecting Art for Future Generations
• Video Introduction to the Getty Center
Post-Visit Activity
• Time to Reflect
Print & Go Activities
Write a haiku, pretend to be a curator, or play a game! These activities, with simple instructions for chaperones, can be done in any gallery, with any work of art.
Write a haiku, pretend to be a curator, or play a game! These activities, with simple instructions for chaperones, can be done in any gallery, with any work of art.
Grades 6–8. Choose 4 activities for a 1-hour visit.
Express Yourself
Students explore portraiture in these worksheets, which address questions like, "Why do we have our pictures taken?" and "What do our poses and dress say about who we are?" Before your visit, use the Image Bank to verify that works of art are on view.
Students explore portraiture in these worksheets, which address questions like, "Why do we have our pictures taken?" and "What do our poses and dress say about who we are?" Before your visit, use the Image Bank to verify that works of art are on view.
Grades 6–8: "Look at People in Portraits" should be completed first, and "Commissioned Portraits" last. Choose 2 other activities for an 80-minute visit.
