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Personal Profiles

Personal Profiles

Students will explore personal identity as they create a personal profile image of themselves.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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  • Black or Dark Construction Paper

Steps

  • Step 1

    View image of “Abraham Lincoln the President” by Mauricio Lasansky. Ask students to think about and share what this image communicates to the viewer about Lincoln. What does the image not tell a viewer? What could the artist have done to communicate beliefs, interests and ideas?

  • Step 2

    Ask students to consider one word that they feel best describes them. Have them consider interests, beliefs and hobbies. This reflective information will be used throughout the creation of this project.

  • Step 3

    Encourage students to work in teams of two. Using an overhead projector, have one pose in profile, while the other uses pencil to trace a silhouette of their head on large heavy paper affixed with transparent tape to the wall behind the team. Pairs will need to take turns, each being traced.

Standards

LA: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade level topics, texts and issues building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

LA: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Adaptations

Expand upon featured word created in art, create a poem that further describes traits and characteristics, and incorporate this into the background space of the art piece.

Challenge students to research a national leader whom they admire; write a report on this individual. Draw parallels in character traits between themselves and this admirable figure.