Webber Middle School

I taught multiple lessons at Webber Middle School to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. The two examples listed here were for my 6th grade class, Art Activity and Appreciation.  They focus on themes of social justice, social and personal identities, home, and imagination. My pedagogy involves teaching material exploration, technique building, Social and Emotional Learning, and integrating math and literacy practices. In each lesson I utilize the Studio Habits of Mind; observe, engage and persist, stretch and explore, develop craft, envision, understand art worlds, express, and reflect to help students understand the different component involved in the art making process and what it means to participate in a studio art class. To build the Identity Collage lesson, I incorporated the Social Justice Standards developed by Learning for Justice to form a comprehensive lesson about identity and make it age appropriate. The Choice Project allowed students to explore their choice of artistic medium in a deeper capacity and granted them more agency over their art making. I have linked the Lesson Plan, Slides, and Reflection documents for both lessons.