Michaela Brady

michaela.brady@bie.edu
Powerful Self Portraits
Advanced Art
7
Start Date: October 18, 2016
End Date : January 12, 2017
Domain 1: Planning and Preparation
Big Idea(s)

Power

Unit Resources

Pre-Test

Power RAFT

PowerPoint

Projector

Scholastic Art: Kehinde Wiley, Powerful

Portraits

Computer Lab

Interview with Kehinde Wiley

Sketchbooks

Powerful Person Portrait

Pencils

Power Quiz

Upfront Magazine - Malala: The Bravest

Girl in the World

Pastel Paper

Chalk/Oil Pastels

College & Career Readiness/Real World

Application(s)

Students will understand the concept of power

and various types of power, as well as learn to
wield power positively at school, work, and
their personal lives now and in the future.

Standards
CC_Common Core State Standards - English Language Arts/Literacy (2010) - Grades 9-10 English Language Arts
Strand CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.9-10 Reading
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10 Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
Grade Level Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn from the text.
Strand CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10 Writing
Text Types and Purposes
Grade Level Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning
and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Grade Level Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information
clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Strand CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10 Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration

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Grade Level Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and
teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 910 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Vocabulary
Academic Vocabulary

Domain-Specific Vocabulary

Identify
Corresponding
Accomplish
Accurate
Render
Replica
Substantial
Appropriate
Influence

Power
Blind Contour Drawing
Gesture Drawing
Foreshortening
Portrait
Self-Portrait
Kehinde Wiley
Chalk Pastel
Oil Pastel
Value
Hyper-Realism

Domain 3: Classroom Instruction

Essential Questions:

What images or symbols do you associate

with the word power?

Who are some examples of powerful

people from history or today? What
makes a person powerful?

How do people secure, wield, or exercise

their power?

What makes you feel powerful?

How does Kehinde Wiley portray the

concept of power in his images?

Kehinde Wiley is African American - how is

his culture reflected in his work? How
have you reflected Navajo culture in your

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Content:

Pre-Test

Power: Three Types

Kehinde Wiley

Computer Lab - Powerful People Research

Blind Contour Drawing

Gesture Drawing

Proportions of the Face

Powerful Self Portraits

Pattern Background Brainstorm

Pastel Demo

Malala = Power

Skills

Students will be able to complete a Power

Pre-Test to the best of their ability then
peer-review their answers with one to two
partners.
Students will be able to identify the three
types of power, as well as assign a
corresponding symbol to each.
Students will be able to identify powerful
people from history, fiction, religion, and
of today, as well as various characteristics
or accomplishments that make them
powerful.
Students will be able to complete on of
the following tasks from their Power RAFT

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own personal art?

As a Kehinde Wiley expert, what visual
clues would you look for to determine a
paintings authenticity?

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in their sketchbooks: Create a poster

advertising an exhibit on a powerful
historical figure of your choice, write an
epitaph for the grave of a deceased
powerful person, create a food chart that
depicts three COMPLETE meals you
consider necessary for a super hero's
health and strength, or pretend you just
took over a country and are now their allpowerful dictator - draw what your flag
would look like.
Students will be able to discuss how
Kehinde Wiley gives the impression of
power in his portraits after reading
Scholastic Art: Kehinde Wiley.
Students will be able to find similarities
and differences between original historical
portraits and Kehinde Wiley's portraits.
After researching powerful people,
students will be able to select a portrait of
a powerful person to form the basis of
their "Powerful Self-Portrait."
Students will be able to create three blind
contour drawings in their sketchbooks of
various classmates from different
perspectives.
Students will be able to create multiple
timed gesture drawings from live models.
Students will be able to accurately render
the human face using correct proportions
and astute observation.
Students will be able to render an
accurate replica of a portrait of their
chosen powerful person using their
knowledge of figure drawing and the

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Standards Aligned Teaching Activities and

Strategies:

Visual Arts S1.C4.PO201 : Students will be

able to identify the three types of power,
as well as assign a corresponding symbol
to each.

Visual Arts S1.C2.PO302/S1.C4.PO301 :

Students will be able to create a self
portrait based on an original portrait of a
powerful person emulating the
characteristics of artist Kehinde Wiley

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Bloom's Levels and Learning Targets

Creating

Evaluating

Reasoning

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

proportions of the human face.

Students will be able to create a self
portrait based on an original portrait of a
powerful person emulating the
characteristics of artist Kehinde Wiley
using chalk and oil pastels accurately and
expressively.
Students will be able to build a substantial
list of possible and appropriate
background patterns based on their
powerful people selections while
brainstorming with classmates.
Students will be able to select an
appropriate patterned background based
on their powerful person then explain in
writing their choice.
After reading about Malala Yousafzai and
her fight against the Taliban's ban on girls
in school, students will be able to
complete three short answer questions,
and write a 10 sentence essay describing
what makes Malala a powerful person and
why.

Marzano's High Yield Strategies

Identifying similarities and differences

Summarizing and note-taking

Reinforcing effort and providing

recognition

Nonlinguistic representations

Cooperative learning

Setting objectives and providing feedback

Questions, cues, and advanced organizers

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using chalk and oil pastels.

Visual Arts S2.C1.PO205 : Students will be
able to identify powerful people from
history, fiction, religion, and of today, as
well as various characteristics or
accomplishments that make them
powerful. Students will be able to
complete on of the following tasks from
their Power RAFT in their sketchbooks:
Create a poster advertising an exhibit on a
powerful historical figure of your choice,
write an epitaph for the grave of a
deceased powerful person, create a food
chart that depicts three COMPLETE meals
you consider necessary for a super hero's
health and strength, or pretend you just
took over a country and are now their allpowerful dictator - draw what your flag
would look like.
Visual Arts S1.C2. PO202 : Students will be
able to create three blind contour
drawings in their sketchbooks of various
classmates from different perspectives.
Students will be able to create multiple
timed gesture drawings from live models.
Students will be able to accurately render
the human face using correct proportions
and astute observation. Students will be
able to render an accurate replica of a
portrait of their chosen powerful person
using their knowledge of figure drawing
and the proportions of the human face.
SL.9-10.1 : Students will be able to build a
substantial list of possible and appropriate
background patterns based on their
powerful people selections while

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brainstorming with classmates.

Visual Arts S2.C4.PO201,202,203 :
Students will be able to discuss how
Kehinde Wiley gives the impression of
power in his portraits after reading
Scholastic Art: Kehinde Wiley.
W.9-10.2 : Students will be able to select
an appropriate patterned background
based on their powerful person then
explain in writing their choice.
Visual Arts S2.C5.PO203 : Students will be
able to find similarities and differences
between original historical portraits and
Kehinde Wiley's portraits.
RI.9-10.1/W.9-10.1 : After reading about
Malala Yousafzai and her fight against the
Taliban's ban on girls in school, students
will be able to complete three short
answer questions, and write a 10
sentence essay describing what makes
Malala a powerful person and why.
Visual Arts S1.C2.PO302/S1.C4.PO301 :
After researching powerful people,
students will be able to select a portrait of
a powerful person to form the basis of
their "Powerful Self-Portrait."

Assessment Methods

Constructed response

Performance

Individual communication

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Assessment: (Other)

Lesson Reflection

Power Pre-Test
Blind Contour Drawings
Gesture Drawing
Proportions of the Face
Kehinde Wiley Interview
Scholastic Art: Kehinde Wiley

Students did not finish project on time, need to

start earlier in the semester. Overall
understanding successful.

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Advanced Art
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Power Quiz
Malala Essay
Powerful Self Portrait (1/2 Way Check)
Final Project
Artist Statement

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