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OBJECTIVE: Students will explore feelings by first identifying what feelings are, listing different feelings, and making facial expressions that accompany those feelings. Students will also reflect on these emotions by writing about what makes them feel this way.

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CENTER: Perry School Networked Learning Center
LOCATION: Washington, DC

Recommended Time: 

2 Days (120 minutes)

Materials and Equipment: 
Newsprint Markers, Gel Pens, Dark Colored Construction Paper, Glue, Scissors, Glossy Paper
Adobe Photoshop (or similar software), Digital Camera
Activity Steps: 

I. Community Builder (20 min)

    • Zoom
    • Read "Happy To Be Nappy"

II. Visual Mapping (15 min)

    • What are feelings?
    • List different feelings.
    • Practice making feeling faces
    • Select 4 feelings to take pictures of.

III. Model taking pictures (10 min)

    • Instructor‚ Student
    • Taking pictures
    • Passing camera
    • Student will repeat

IV. Students will take "Feelings" Pictures (15 min)

V. Debrief

Day 2

I. Community Builder (10 min)

    • Variation of ZOOM, making emotional faces

II. Instructor will model using Adobe Photoshop (10 min)

    • Importing pictures
    • Change image size to 7 in. wide.
    • Change to grayscale.
    • Print picture.
    • Save picture.

III. Student will model using Adobe Photoshop. (5 min)

IV. Students will work on "Feeling" Pictures. (20 min)

V. Instructor will model: (5 min)

    • Writing a sentence about the emotion in the picture at the bottom of the dark construction paper using a gel pen (for better results use black paper).
    • Cutting out the picture.
    • Gluing the picture in the center of the black construction paper.

VI. Students will repeat these steps until all their feeling pictures have been completed.

VII. Students will place work on display.

VIII. Debrief