Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The Many Different Sides of Our Personalities

Completed Middle School Cube Portraits

Collage Work

Cube Templates and Busy Hands

Sample Cubes from Grade 5
The students in grades 5-8 began the year with a project that helped us get to know one another.  When we meet people for the first time, it is easy to label them with stereotypes.  This self-portrait project allowed students to explore the many different sides of their personalities that help to form their unique selves.  They were asked to think of 6 characteristics or adjectives that describe them.  These traits ranged from athletic to shy, from nerdy to girly and even included some hidden talents none of us knew.  The students then illustrated these in 6 squares of a cube template that they cut and constructed by folding and gluing.  I feel like it helped me get to know the students better, and it is always fun to think of how complex we all are.  Simple stereotypes begin to seem boring...
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