Understanding Self Through Portraiture

Based on the project Life After Life in Prison: The Bedroom Project, exhibited at Photoville from September 13 u2013 23, 2018 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Students will reflect on a difficult time in their lives when they had to overcome adversity, using photography and text to represent their experience.nnLearning objectives: develop a coherent personal narrative with details and sequencing; conceptualize and take an environmental self-portrait; and create a final presentation that integrates photos and text into a personal narrative.nnThis lesson plan was created during United Photo Industriesu2019 Fall 2018 Teacher Professional Development Day. Many thanks to PhotoWings for supporting UPI Education.nnAuthors: Ben Russell, Abbu Hinckson-Martin, Ilona Lieberman, Teresa Willis, Carla Rice and Sara Bennett u00b7 Featuring photography by Sara Bennett u00b7 Grade level: 7th u2013 12th grade u00b7 Subjects: Art, Photography, Social Studies, ELA, Journalism/Photojournalism, Social and Criminal Justice, Civil Rights u00b7 Time required: 7 class sessions.

• Develop a coherent personal narrative with details and sequencing
• Conceptualize and take an environmental self-portrait
• Create a final presentation that integrates photos and text