Overarching Concept for the Lesson/Unit: Connecting With Your Roots

Grade Level: High School 9-12

 

Essential Questions: 

Where do we come from?  How do we want our histories to be documented?  What sort of things count as our 'roots'?

 

Standards:

Georgia Standard  - VAHSVA.CR.1 Visualize and generate ideas for creating works of art.

a. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

b. Consider multiple options, weighing consequences, and assessing results.

c. Practice the artistic process by researching, brainstorming, and planning to create works

of art.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  National Standard - VA:Cn10.1.HSIII

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

 

Objectives: 

Students will produce a sketch incorporating items in their list of the card that they will produce.  At the conclusion of this lesson, using a variety of materials, students will create a pop-up card that consists of their ideas about Connecting With Your Roots.  Each pop-up card will contain at least 3 pop up elements and a background image.

 

Assessment Instruments:

Observation

Critique/love letter (attached)