Sanctuary

Based on the project Living in Sanctuary, a sister project of Abuelas presented as an Emergi-cube at Photoville 2017. Students will reflect on the themes of home, identity, family, and safety and tell their own narrative through images, text and audio.nnLearning objectives: think critically and discuss populations that need and deserve sanctuary; create a photo story based on the themes of home, identity, family, and safety; and identify various points of view for telling a story, and what it looks like to take control of their own narrative.nnThis lesson plan was created during United Photo Industriesu2019 Spring 2018 Teacher Professional Development Day. Many thanks to PhotoWings for supporting UPI Education.nnAuthors: Mane Andreasyan, Tyrone Brown-Osborne and Ben Russell with photographer Alan Chin u00b7 Featuring photography by Cinthya Santos Briones u00b7 Grade level: 8th u2013 12th grade u00b7 Subjects: Humanities, Art, Photography u00b7 Time required: 15 u2013 20 class sessions.

• Think critically about populations that need and deserve sanctuary
• Create a photo story based on home, identity, family, and safety
• Identify various points of view for telling a story and what it looks like to take control of oneu2019s narrative