Who+Are+You

Who Are You?

Much of teenage life—indeed //all// of life—is about discovering who you are and who you want to become. For this project, you are to answer the basic question, “Who are you?”

It’s also important to understand that there are people in your life that have already been where you are, have asked themselves the same questions, have faced down the same decisions about who they want to be in their lives. Your job is to choose one adult in your life and ask him or her the same question, “Who are you?”

To answer this question, there are three required components to the project: visual, audio, and written. However you represent yourself with these components, you must also use to represent someone else important in your life. So, in essence, you are creating two projects: one for you and one for someone who matters to you.

Requirements


 * Visual:**

How you represent yourself visually is up to you. Here are some options for you:
 * fine art representation--drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.
 * video diary
 * video montage
 * photo slide show (Photostory)
 * Glogster


 * Audio: Soundtrack for Your Life**

If you had to make a soundtrack for your life, what would it include? Choose five songs that make up your life's soundtrack. For each song, provide a written explanation, including memories and connections to your life. Remember, you'll be compiling a soundtrack for your other person, as well.


 * Written: Autobiography of a Teenager**

Beyond the writing you will do for your soundtrack, you are create a memoir-style writing that includes at least three key moments from your life that have made you who you are. Each memory should be from a different time period in your life. These moments can be big or small, but they should be ones that have played a part in shaping who you are today. And again, you will create a similar autobiography for your other person.

These three components can all be completed separately from each other, **but you are free to synthesize them however you like**; it's your decision.

Unit Outline

I. Unit Introduction

II. Groundwork and Connections:
 * self-identity across art forms and genres: small-group stations
 * soundtrack development
 * interviewing process

III. Pulling It All Together
 * computer lab work days

IV. Presentations

Resources


 * Small-group station documents:**


 * Fine Art & Photography Connections**

Note: You are not required to use one of these programs; they're just options to help you incorporate two or three of your components into one program.
 * Presentation Options:**

Scrapblog Aviary Voicethread GoAnimate Photo Story How to use Photo Story Movie Maker Animoto Glogster LiveBinders PowerPoint


 * You guys use programs and software that I've never even heard of. Bring it.