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UnitTitle:
GradeLevel:
BigIdea:
Rationale:
KeyConcepts
aboutBigIdea:
EverchangingIdentity
HighSchool1112
Identity
Identityisalwayschangingbasedonyoursurroundings,age,maturity,etc.Itisimportanttoteachstudentsaboutthe
waysthatidentitychangesandwhatinfluencesthosechanges.ByusingtheartofKerryJamesMarshll,Louise
Bourgeois,TobiasLeingruber,andCindyShermanstudentsareabletoseethewaysthatartistsidentifythemseleves
throughtheirart.IdentityisalargepartofeveryoneslivesandstudentsinHighSchoolarecomingtofindtheirown
identities.Theuseofartandartmakingwillbeabletohelpthestudentsfurtheridentifythemselveswhilelearning
whatitgivesapersontheirownidentity.
Identitychangesbasedonyoursurroundings.
Identitychangeswithage.
SocialMediaallowsforanewidentity.
KeyConcepts
aboutArt/Visual
Culture:
Identityiseasilyinfluenced.
Artchangesbasedonyoursurroundings.
Artisticstyleschangewithage.
SocialMediaallowsforartiststoshowtheiridentity.
Essential
Questions:
Artiseasilyinfluencedbychangingidentities.
Whatsurroundingschangeyouridentity?
Howdoesidentitychangewithage?
Howdoessocialmediagivenewidentities?
UnitObjectives:
Whatinfluencesidentity?
Studentswillunderstandhowsurroundingschangeidentity.
Studentswillrecognizeidentitychangingwithage.
Studentswilldifferentiatebetweenonscreenandoffscreenidentities.
Studentswilldiscoverwhatinfluencesidentity.