Summary
Watch children look at and react to how art can explore identity and race in a Tate gallery -- their honest first impressions model exactly the kind of close looking and 'what do YOU see?' talk you want in your own room. Free on the official Tate Kids YouTube channel from Tate, the UK's national art museums (3 min).
Viewer safety
Children discuss race through artworks; a quick preview lets you frame the conversation for your class.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Watch how the children look and respond, then try it yourselves.
- What did the kids in the video notice first about how art can explore identity and race?
- Where did you agree or disagree with them, and why?
- What do you notice that nobody in the video mentioned?
- How does the artwork make you feel, and what causes that?
Quick work-a-long
Art words: notice, wonder, describe, feeling, opinion.
Try it: 1) Write two things you notice and one thing you wonder. 2) Share your opinion of the artwork and give one reason from what you see.