Unit Wrap Up
Students will share their graphic novel response page(s) in small groups.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- show up in a brave/safe space, sharing their experiences and takeaways from the past lessons on the importance of survivor testimony and resilience.
- understand how resilience carries us through adversity.
- unpack and describe artistic choices in the art of making and recreating based on personal memory and feeling.
Introduction
Revisit the brave spaces agreement made at the beginning of the unit. Remind students that sharing their experiences learning about the Holocaust, genocide more broadly, and the capacity of art to express challenging content is aligned with showing up authentically in a brave space. Contextualize the upcoming sharing activity as a way to honour the stories of survivors. David, Nico and Rolf, and Emmie all bravely shared their stories with the world—by sharing our deep-felt experiences with our peers, we are in a way honouring their legacies through the act of learning.
Lesson Activities
Sharing Graphic Narratives
Students will be put into small groups of three to four to share and explain their projects, where together, through discussion, they will cultivate a brave space. They should use their artist statement worksheet as a guide to facilitate discussion about their projects.
Conclusion
Conclude with class discussion to share graphic narratives and discuss the artistic form.
