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Table of Contents
Table of contents:
Unit 1: Identity
Introduction
Activity 1- Identity Puzzle Collage
Create an identity puzzle map about you.
Activity 2- Identity Symbols
Create a symbol that shows your unique identity.
Activity 3- Your Name is A Work of Art
Transform your name into a work of art.
Activity 4- Our Many Shades of Skin
Learn how to mix various browns to create many skin colors.
Activity 5- Your Unique Colors Collage
Create a self-portrait collage that explores and embraces what makes you unique.
Activity 6- Silhouette Portrait
Create a self-concept silhouette portrait.
Activity 7- ME-Shirt
Design a shirt to represent you.
Activity 8- Affirmation Animals
Create an animal necklace that represents a positive affirmation about yourself.
Unit 2: Culture
Introduction
Activity 9- Bookmarking Cultural Appreciation
Make a bookmark to honor a culture.
Activity 10- Special Family Foods
Create a recipe for a special food.
Activity 11- The Best Day of the Year
Draw what the best day of the year looks like to you.
Activity 12- Expressive Landscapes
Draw a landscape that shows your unique aesthetic.
Activity 13- Transgenerational Objects
Create a sculpture that features your family’s history, culture, and traditions.
Activity 14- The Fabric of Me!
Create a textile design inspired by your home and culture.
Unit 3: Community
Introduction
Activity 15 - Mapping the Treasures of My Neighborhood
Take a mindful journey in your neighborhood and create a treasure map.
Activity 16 - Drawing Diversity
Practice drawing a diverse group of people in a community setting.
Activity 17 - Career Puppets
Create a puppet of a community helper that challenges your implicit bias.
Activity 18 - Community Heroes
Create an artwork that celebrates an important person in your community.
Activity 19 - Finding Joy
Find joy and celebrate it with art.
Activity 20 - Goal Setting for Growth
Create an artwork that outlines your current goals within your spheres of influence.
Unit 4: Empathy
Introduction
Activity 21- We Welcome All
Make a welcoming entrance and explore how to create brave spaces.
Activity 22- Equal Isn’t Always Fair
Learn the meaning of equity by solving real-world math problems with modeling clay.
Activity 23 - Compassion Critters
Create a stuffed critter that represents four qualities of compassion.
Activity 24 - Drawing with Magic
Use magic to draw change into the world.
Activity 25 - Challenges to Triumphs
Create a comic strip that illustrates a challenge you triumphed.
Activity 26- Powerful Portraits
Create a portrait that challenges stereotypes.
Unit 5: Justice
Introduction
Activity 27 - Celebrating Activists
Create an artwork using various materials that celebrates an activist.
Activity 28 - Using Text in Art
Use powerful words to create a work of art.
Activity 29 - Miniature Billboards
Create a miniature billboard that comments on a social issue.
Activity 30 - Social Activism Mural
Design a mural that shows what is important to your community.
Unit 6: Activism
Introduction
Activity 31 - Creating Mindful Spaces
Create art for a mindful space you re-designed.
Activity 32 - Growing Reciprocity
Make a native food garden marker.
Activity 33 - Sustainable Fashion
Repurpose an old t-shirt into a handbag to help our planet.
Activity 34 - Flying Flags of Hope
Create flags that inspire hope.
Activity 35 - Advocacy Weaving
Create a weaving that advocates for what you believe in.
Activity 36 - Postcards to Politicians
Create a postcard to send to a politician to tell them about an issue you care about.
Activity 37 - Designing My Own Utopia
Learn about Afro-Brazilian resistance and create a diorama of a utopia, free of injustice.
Activity 38- Collective Logo
Begin to organize a collective and design a logo for your cause.
Visual Resources
Glossary
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
