Lesson 1

This lesson will introduce students to the concept of Identity. This will first be facilitated though a class discussion on what identity is with guidance from the teacher. This will identify a baseline for students on what they already know and also learn from each other in a guided discussion. Students will then be introduced through a Presentation identity in relation to psychology, as well as examples of various artists that explore different aspects of identity. This lesson will go over works by: Kim Noble, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, Stephen Hannock, Michael Reeder, Yinka Shonibare, and Chuck Close. Each Artist has a different perspective, style, and approach to the topic of identity. Students will also complete an Identity map in their sketchbooks.

Lesson 1: Courses

Handouts

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Identity Map

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Presentation

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Lesson 1: Files

Enduring Understandings/ Essential Questions

Enduring Understanding: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.

How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life?

Enduring Understanding: Through art-making, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences.

How does engaging in creating art enrich people's lives?
How does making art attune people to their surroundings?
How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art-making?

National Core Art Standards

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

VA:Cn10.1.IIIa : Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design

Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding

VA:Cn11.1.IIIa: Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.

Lesson Objectives

In this lesson the students will: (1) individually and collectively identify physical, personal, and social identities; (2) take notes and reflect on PP, (3) Create an Identity Map in their sketchbooks that incorporates their physical, personal, and social identities.

Introduction

Write "What is Identity?" on the board and start an open- ended discussion with the class. "In this lesson we will be talking about “Identity”. What is Identity? What does it mean to you?"

Procedure

1. Students and teacher will lead the discussion based on the question: “What is Identity?” Ask for a few examples from the students in response to “What is Identity?” Should be able to cover a large variety of topics including, but not limited to gender, race, culture, likes, dislikes, passions, experiences, stereotypes, beliefs, physical characteristics and attributes, religion etc. Be clear that students should take notes of what is discussed as well as make a list of the topics or ideas discussed that they relate to. Write ideas down on the board in 3 columns: Physical Identity, Personal Identity, and Social Identity. Talk about which suggestions may be unique to an individual vs part of a larger group.

2. The teacher will show a PowerPoint about identity that has vocabulary from Psychology and show examples of Artists in relation to Identity. Students will be encouraged to take notes on the PowerPoint in their sketchbooks (Part of Sketchbook checklist Attachment C )

3. Teacher will distribute handout for Identity Map activity (Attachment A)

4. Students will create an Identity Map in Sketchbook (total of 10 connections)

Tools and Materials

Teacher

PowerPoint
Distribute Identity Map( Attachment A)

Students

Sketchbook- for notes and ideas

Distribution and Clean-Up

Students are responsible for bringing their sketchbooks to every class. The teacher will provide the handout to be collected at the end of class or next class period.