Students will reflect about their individual experiences at P.S.39 and their impact on their community. They will consider which core value most resonated with them and how they exemplified that core value at P.S. 39. How will they continue to share that core value with others when they leave P.S. 39? Students will tell this story through the process of Rotoscope. They will learn that when they put many images on top of one another, they can tell a story.

With a connection to literacy and writing, students will learn how to tell stories about their experiences through paint. We will begin this unit at the Whitney Museum looking at the paintings of Toyin Ojih Odutola. Students learned how Odutola creates fictional stories in her paintings. In the art room, students will create their own stories – real or imagined. Students will learn how to represent the characters, setting and problem in their stories through paint.

Even before AI existed, we’ve been dreaming about it in books and film. What can these representations tell us about the potential opportunities and pitfalls of this technology?

Even before AI existed, we’ve been dreaming about it in books and film. What can these representations tell us about the potential opportunities and pitfalls of this technology?

What does family mean to you? Students will begin to question the static definition of family that is typically represented in society and will reconstruct a more fluid definition of family in their paintings. Students will then begin to paint their family using the skin tones that mixed last class.

What is a community? Who are the people of our community? How does each person in our community have a special role?

When was a time that you felt different? How can we use art to celebrate our differences and share our stories?