Unit 1:
Visual Culture and Reflection
1. First Project:
Introduction to
classroom and project
(1.1)
-Discussion on visual culture,
identity, and symbolism
-Students research objects they
want to use to represent their
visual culture.
-Sketch those objects.
6. Workday (1.6)
-Students will spend entire class
working on “selfie” portion of
final project with color
11. Final workday (1.11)
-Students will spend the entire
class finishing their projects
16. Workday (2.4)
-Students will work on first
side of self-care box
-Daily journal
2. Recap of lesson,
introduction to portraiture,
demonstration on
portraiture (1.2)
-Students draw self from
“selfie” printed photo (sketch)
7. Art therapy blog and color 8. Workday (1.8)
pencil work (1.7)
-Students will read art therapy
blog and research colors
-Students will work on color
pencil practice in sketch books
12. Artist statements, reflection, 13. Second Project: PowerPoint
and presentation (1.12)
-Students will fill out artist
statements
-Students will present their art reflection journal entry
-Students will reflect on each
other’s art
17. Video on mod podge
finishes, demonstration on
mod podge, workday (2.5)
-Students will work on
sides two and three of self-
care box
-Daily journal
3. PowerPoint on artists
who use symbolism in
work. (1.3)
-Students review rubric
-Students begin thumbnail
sketches
-Students will spend entire
class working on object portion
of final project with color
Introduction to self-care and the
lesson (2.1)
-Students will complete daily
-Students will participate in
stress-reducing activity.
18. Workday (2.6)
-Students will work on
fourth side of self-care box
-Mod podge sides 1-3 if
finished
-Daily journal
4. Demonstration on scale
(1.4)
-Students begin final drawing
(sketch)
9. Workday (1.9)
-Students will spend entire
class working on full project
with color
14. PowerPoint on collage and
artists who use collage in their
work (2.2)
-Students will complete daily
reflection journal entry
-Students will participate in
stress-reducing activity.
19. In-progress critique
and final workday (2.7)
-Students participate in
“What Happens Next
Critique”
-Finish self-care box
-Daily journal
5. PowerPoint and
demonstration (1.5)
-Students learn why skin tone
relates to identity and why it is
important for lesson
-Students practice creating skin
tones/find matching tone
10. In-progress critique (1.10)
-Students will fill out art
critique form and participate in
critique
-Students will take feedback
and continue to work on their
projects.
15. Demonstration on collage
storytelling (2.3)
-Demonstration
-Students will be collecting
visual culture images from
home and cut out images from
magazine in class.
-Daily journal and activity
20. Discussion &
Reflection (2.8)
-Students will complete artist
statement
-Students will present their
self-care boxes and items