About Building Characters
This site will show you how caricatures and portraits can be effective learning resources for the classroom. Building Characters uses portraits from the collections of Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust and the National Portrait Gallery, alongside caricatures by Gerald Scarfe.
   
  Portrait Trail
Portrait trail
 
Discover the real stories behind portraits and caricatures. These short trails are simple introductions to the subject, and can be used on an interactive whiteboard. They include links to sources of further information and can be used as an introduction for the flashcard activities in Resources for Teaching and Learning.
 
  Caricature Trail
Caricature trail
 
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Heroes and villains  
Heroes and Villains
This resource for Key Stages 1 and 2 was developed alongside the Heroes and Villains exhibition at Millennium Galleries, Sheffield until August 2005.

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