Lesson 1: Our emotions

Essential question:

How can I understand and represent my own emotions?

Lesson overview:

Self-awareness is an important first step if learners are to develop the skill of using their own experience to create art. In this lesson learners will use mindfulness techniques, emotional regulation exercises, and the STOP method to develop self- awareness in order to build communication skills to interpret their own visual world.

Keywords:

  • Emotion RULER
  • Mood index
  • Self-awareness
  • Mindfulness

Materials (these are also included, as relevant, in the lesson components below): 

Visual Arts: Telling

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