This project, if you can believe it, is from LAST APRIL! I had completely forgotten about it until I was going through old pictures on my iPhone. I chose to do this project because the grade 2 class was studying different countries, and each student was doing a project on a country of their choice (most of which related to their heritage.) I decided that instead of doing the standard cartoony-self portraits that I had planned on doing with them, we would up the ante a little bit by coloring their faces using the colors and design of their country of choice's flag. I made the example below using Iceland (I have no ties to that country, except I had just returned from my trip there the week before we began this project.)
Here are some of the finished projects! I'll be honest, I really can't remember what countries these flags represent.
They're cute, right? They were a nice tie-in with their country projects. Can't believe I forgot about these until now!
Hi Aly
ReplyDeleteWhat a great self-portrait idea. I have never seen one like this. It would be interesting for those students with mixed heritage to incorporate a second flag into their clothes. I'm pinning this one right away! Thanks for posting.
Hi Aly
ReplyDeleteI did your lesson with my third graders and wrote it up on my blog. It was easy, fun and really successful! I even entered one artwork in our local museum's youth art exhibition. Here is the link: http://www.k6art.com/2013/02/13/heritage-self-portraits/ Thanks again for yet another great lesson plan.