Photography · Week 15 · Portraits, People, and Ethics
Self Portrait Without a Face
Students create a self-portrait using objects, hands, or shadows and describe the emotions they chose to reveal.
- Students will
- Students create a self-portrait using objects, hands, or shadows and describe the emotion and idea each choice communicates.
- SEL skill
- Connect chosen symbols to a strength or feeling you want to show
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by choosing symbols that represent their strengths, interests, and feelings in ways they are comfortable sharing.
- Content focus
- Self-portrait without a face
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and how they shape what you do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- VA:Cr1.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 1 (Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Photography
- My Life Through a Lens Self-awarenessStudents take five photos that show who they are and name the feelings behind each choice.
- Framing and Attention Self-awarenessUsing a paper viewfinder, students frame the same scene several ways and notice what they choose to include and leave out.
- Light and Mood Self-awarenessStudents photograph one subject in direct sun, shade, and backlight and describe how light changes the feeling of the image.
- Filters and Real Faces Self-awarenessStudents compare filtered and unfiltered images and discuss how edited beauty standards affect the way they see themselves.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.