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Unit Cultural Theme: Exploring Horizons: Respect for Others/ Peace
Unit Cultural Theme: Exploring Horizons: Respect for Others/ Peace
Respect for others and peace is important to understanding your own culture. Recognizing differences and similarities builds bridges between cultures. Respect goes both ways.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Understanding Goal: Students will understand that art can and does help us to understand ourselves and others more fully.
Understanding Goal: Students will understand that art can and does help us to understand ourselves and others more fully.
Essential Question: How does the art I make help me to better understand others? How does viewing/reflecting on others’ work help me to value our differences?
Essential Question: How does the art I make help me to better understand others? How does viewing/reflecting on others’ work help me to value our differences?
Unit Overview:
Unit Overview:
Students will:
Create a doll that helps them more fully understand something about themselves and their heritage.
Do research about traditional dolls and elements of their culture that are reflected in each one
Choose an element of their culture they feel a strong connection with and wish to express
Create a plan/drawing of a doll they wish to create, and give feedback and advise to each other
Students will create their own dolls based on their designs and the edits they have made
Students will write about their doll and what it represents to them, and what it shows about their culture
Students will present they dolls to the class, and take pictures of them to display along with the write up.
Alaska Cultural Standard: E3
Alaska Cultural Standard: E3
Reinforce the students’ sense of cultural identity and place in the world.
Studio Habit of Mind: Express
Studio Habit of Mind: Express
VT_StepInsidePKaCa.pdfStep Inside card.pdf
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