Unit Planning Tool

Unit Theme or Issue: Drawing and Self-portraits_______ Grade Level: High School______________

Session Title Historical/ Dialogue Media/ Elements/ Closure/

Multicultural Processes Principles/ Assessment
Exemplars Conceptual
theme
Week 1 Picasso, Still life What objects 11” x 17” The students The students
Object with chair describe you? Drawing will explore will have
Identity caning What are you with mixed- whether or not created a
Georges Brach carrying in media their identity drawing
your pockets collage exists in many depicting the
right now? of the object items they
What are 2 that they covet use daily and
things you and carry with have added
always have them daily as at least one
with you? well as within object to the
Why are these inanimate drawing
objects unique objects which surface,
to you? they have inspired by
What creates given collage.
meaning for emotional
an object, we value to.
all have things
that we find
more
meaningful
than simply
their physical
worth. How
does an object
go from being
simply
physical to
having an
 emotional
connection to
us as people?
Week 2 Robert longo Can simple In groups, Students will Students will
Figure Phil Hale marks show students willexplore the have made a
drawing Auguste Rodin emotion? How act out idea of a figure drawing with
can a figures scenes from conveying a variety of
pose convey various emotional marks to
emotions? artworks, qualities show
How do you creating through pose, different
feel when you dialogue and gesture, and emotional
take the pose emotion to a mark making. qualities,
of a figure in static image.Students will mirrored by
this painting? understand the pose of a
that at its figure.
A series of purest form,
Charcoal drawing can
gesture elicit emotions
drawings as from a viewer
well as through mark
developed making
drawings techniques as
taken from a well as the
reference of figurative
a figure. representation.

Week 3 Self Alex Ross Find someone Students will Students will Students will
portrait Ann Piper who you take choose to have taken
Kehinde Wiley admire (real photographic represent several
Michael of fictional) reference of themselves reference
Vasquez and list what themselves in through pictures of
characteristics various poses choosing themselves.
you admire of in place of a someone they
that person. person they admire. They
 Use admire. will
photographic These understand
reference to photographs the specific
display those will be used reasons and
characteristics as further traits they
through reference in admire this
gesture and their self person and
pose. Why do portraits. through this
you admire will show their
this person? own
Do you perceptions of
consider themselves.
yourself
similar or
different than
this person?
Week 4 Alex Ross Use your 11” x 17” Students will Students will
Self Ann Piper photographic colored portray have
portrait Kehinde Wiley reference to pencil self themselves as successfully
Michael draw yourself portraits a different used the
Vasquez in place of person, ideas of pose
that character revealing and gesture
or portraying either what as well as a
the they truly feel photographic
characteristics about reference in
of that themselves or order to
character. revealing who portray
What does they aspire to themselves as
admiring this be. a person they
person say admire.
about you?
What do
portraits say
about a
persons
 status?
Week 5 The Jeff Koons, What are Drawing Expose the What affects
Language Shana Kaplow- brands and with mix visual your life the
of Visual Gloria and labels that media environment most in terms
Culture Malcolm, you most collage you live in of your visual
Andy Warhol- associate environment,
with? How What was the
Green Coca-
most
Cola Bottles much do
prominent
these things
label that you
effect your associated
life? What yourself with,
are some how did you
labels that accomplish
you don’t this visually
mind being
identified
with? What
are some
labels that
you think do
not
represent
you
properly?

Week 6 The Jeff Koons, What are

Language Shana Kaplow- brands and
of Visual Gloria and labels that
Culture Malcolm, you most
continued Andy Warhol- associate
Green Coca- with? How
Cola Bottles much do
 these things
effect your
life? What
are some
labels that
you don’t
mind being
identified
with? What
are some
labels that
you think do
not
represent
you
properly?

Week 7 Final Thomas Cole How do you Drawing Narrative What did you
Project The Voyage of view yourself with created about learn about
Life:Youth and how charcoal, taking action telling your
William does the pencil, or ink on how the narrative?
Kentridge world view world views What ways
Stereoscope you? you were you
successful?
[Felix Crying] What would
What would
Naruto Manga you do if you
you improve
could make if you had
a difference? more time?
What
narrative
elements are
you going to
place in your
story?
How do I
want to
visually
display my
themes?