Year 9 - Art and design
Mapping identity
Personal identity
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Unit Summary
This unit explores personal identity in art through self-expression, mapping, storytelling, and the interplay between personal and universal themes. Pupils will engage with a variety of art forms while considering how identity is shaped and communicated.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use an artist approach to mapping your identity journey.
Key Notes
- Artists might use mapping through literal geography, map-like work or more subjective or abstract representations.
- Artists have long used mapping as a way to tell personal, cultural, and historical stories.
- Artists might use symbolism and unconventional media in their work.
Vocabulary To Learn
- mapping: mapping in art is about making sense of who we are, where we come from, and how we move through the world
- subjective: When an artist expresses personal perspectives, emotions, identity, or experiences in their work, rather than striving for objective representation
- symbolism: the use of objects, colours, or imagery in art to represent deeper meanings or ideas beyond their literal appearance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Maps in art are literal,
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists might use mapping through literal geography, map-like work or more subjective or abstract representations. Artists have long used mapping as a way to tell personal, cultural, and historical stories.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'mapping'
mapping in art is about making sense of who we are, where we come from, and how we move through the world.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Maps in art are literal,. Correction: Artists might use mapping through literal geography, map-like work or more abstract or subjective representations of movement, memory, and relationships.
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