The lesson plan focuses on identity and how it is shaped by culture and media. Students will choose an artist to research, reflect on meanings of identity, compare visual symbols used across cultures, and create a self-portrait using cultural symbols. Key concepts include stereotypes, media influence, and how identity is perceived by others. Resources needed are for drawing, painting, portraiture. New terms defined include abstract, anecdote, and assemblage. The lesson involves a PowerPoint for motivation, guided practice with questioning, independent practice, and formative assessment of understanding. Students will be assessed using a rubric based on objectives.

1. LESSON PLANNING IN ART What is the BIG IDEA?

2. Lesson Planning What is a BIG IDEA? Identity

3. Choose an Artist and Research

5. Key Concepts

6. Essential Question Can popular stereotypes influence someone’s personal identity? How does the popular media shape our perceptions regarding identity? How is one’s identity interpreted and perceived by others?

7. Learning Objectives Reflects on the meaning(s) of identity through participation in classroom discussion. Compares and contrasts visual symbols used to communicate ideas in various cultures. Creates a self-portrait to communicate their identity using cultural and/or invented symbols. Writes an artist's statement describing their portrait.

8. Art Content What content is specific to art production? Art Content Drawing Painting Portraiture

9. Resources for the Teacher What do you need to complete the lesson? Resources for the Student What does the student need to complete the lesson?

10. Definition of New Terms-Define any new terms that you Present abstract--Art that looks as if it contains little or no recognizable or realistic forms from the physical world. Focus on formal elements such as colors, lines, or shapes. Artists often "abstract" objects by changing, simplifying, or exaggerating what they anecdote--A short story of some interesting or humorous incident.assemblage--A three-dimensional collage created from a group of everyday objects, many times pre-made and put together in a specific way. autobiographical--Telling the story of your own life. avant-garde--Describes new and innovative art or artists that depart from tradition to experiment with a new style, technique, or subject matter. From the French word for "vanguard.” Belief system--All cultures develop a system of values that are applied to meet a culture's needs. Our understanding of the values of a culture and our acceptance or rejection of those values is often based upon our own cultural belief system. caricature--A representation of a person that exaggerates or distorts certain recognizable features, often concentrating on personal as well as physical features.

11. Instruction and Its Sequencing: Instructional Strategies: Day I Motivation: How will you get your students motivated to learn? PowerPoint? Game? Group Activity? Describe these in detail Purpose: What do you hope to achieve by teaching this lesson? Instruction: Is it lecture/group work/ independent practice/etc. Guided Practice: How are you guiding them through practical application of the concept? What questions are you asking?

12. Check for Understanding: Questions that you will ask to insure understanding of the concept. Independent Practice: What are students doing in order to practice the concept? Example: writing, creating something, etc. Closure: Complete the circle of instruction. Formative Evaluation: Assessment of how well the concept has bee formed in the mind of the student. Classroom Management: How will you insure students stay on task?

13. Assessment- How will you assess for grading purposes? What criteria will you set? Criteria needs to directly relate back to the objectives. An example of this would be a rubric.