We talked about what things make us all different as people (body shapes and sizes, hair color, eye color, the things that we like and enjoy to do, etc...) and also all of the things that make us the same (we are all people, all have feelings, all made by God, etc...).
We started the unit by reading the book, "The Colors of Us" and then I had students color a picture of themselves and then color a picture of their table-mate and then look at all of the things that were the same and different about one another. The importance of this conversation was to show students that just because someone looks different than you or likes a different sports team that you do or has different hobbies doesn't mean you don't enjoy them as your friend. A world full of people that looked and thought just like us would be really really boring. The students thought that a world full of all of "them" would be hysterical....some even thought they would like it. Hahah. More on that part of the project here: Colors of Us
We then spent some time practicing drawing shapes and then used stamps and ink to create all of the different "body" shapes on our papers. The best part was when students got to start drawing all of their people details.
They were encouraged to:
-draw arms and legs that were not "sticks"
-include eyes, noses, mouths, hair
-include lots of fun details (hats, props, buttons, accessories, pets, etc.)
Students finished this project this afternoon. I took a few quick pics of some of the completed projects. I can't wait to go to work tomorrow to spend some time to look at all of the millions of details the students put into their artworks. They really had fun with this one!
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