The Smithsonian partnered with photographer Drew Gardner to photograph descendants of famous Americans alongside their descendants. It's truly a moving collection of images.
Thomas Jefferson descendant Shannon LaNier has been linked to Jefferson through Sally Hemmings. How might this pair of images help students of color see themselves in American history? As a child growing up across the river from Jefferson's monument on the Potomac, I would have seen history in a more complete light!
Also available on Instagram.
These videos are excellent: Recreating a Portrait of Thomas Jefferson.
Recreating a Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Recreating a Portrait of Frederick Douglass
If you teach WORLD History, Gardner has photographed the descendants of Napoleon, the Mona Lisa, Oliver Cromwell, Charles Dickens, and more: Drew Gardner: the Descendants
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What a fantastic resource 
Michelle Zupan
! I especially love your idea for pairing Thomas Jefferson with his descendant Shannon LaNier.
I can't take any credit -- the photographer and the Smithsonian did that!
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