The Migrant Mother
Artist- Dorothea Lange
Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child
Artist- Mary Cassatt
Freedom from Want
Artist- Norman Rockwell
"All Roads Lead Home"
"Am I the product of my environment or the product of my family genes?"
Author- Bonnie Goldberg
Bell High School
Essential Questions:
- In which ways do the family, environment, society, media, art, knowledge and culture influence who I am and who I want to be?
- Am I a product of my environment and/or my family genes?
- How does my family unit reflect the community in which I live and the country as a whole?
Unit Objectives:
Students will by able to . . .
- Use the camera as an instrument of self-expression (photography).
- Gain cultural appreciation and a sense of pride from greater understanding of self through their family heritage, customs and traditions
- Recognize the connection between the family unit and society
- Extend reading and writing skills working toward proficiency
Overview of Performance Assessment:
- Families are fundamental to understanding the tensions, conflicts, and challenges of American life. Socialization within the family is the process by which children acquire the values, beliefs, and standards of behavior that are expected in their culture. It is important for adolescents to understand their place in the world by understanding the unit of family and the role it plays in our culture. Through literature, the arts, and other curriculum areas, the institution and value of “family” will be explored and analyzed. Students through various activities will be able to appreciate the dynamics of relationships within the family structure and the interdependence between the family and society in which we live.
Students will appreciate how language arts, the visual arts and life skills reflect the cultural perception of the family and the issues arising from the dynamics of the members within the unit. They will discern the differences in family units and the interdependence of the family and society of which they are a part. They will perceive themselves as living in a world whose economic, social, and cultural dynamic are largely influenced by the family unit.
Assessment:
- Initial artist photograph/painting mounted with the student’s writing
- Produce a 16 page fold out book following Assessment Task directions (Hand out section): includes family photographs, quote(s), poem, eassay, other creative additions.
- 2 essays answering 2 of the 3 Essential Questions front the unit.
Grade Level:
9th Grade Humanitas Academy – or other interdisciplinary cores
Time:
4 weeks
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