Free Portraits for K-9 Cops
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: A St. Louis artist has taken it upon herself to create portraits of all the four-legged K-9 officers at the St. Louis County Police Department, and give them away for free to their two-legged partners. Learn about the emotional journey that has led a remarkably talented artist to do something equally remarkable.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-220**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video in conjunction with a community service art project of your own that has students painting or drawing dogs or other types of pets as part of the project. What do they notice about how the artist paints the dogs that they can use in their work. What organization/group of people would they like to do the project for?
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
