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Life Mapping |
A creative way to share personal histories through visual art and storytelling; honoring the unique stories inside each of us.
The New World Remix project began with life mapping workshops conducting with all the participating students (7 classrooms). These workshops gave students a new way to get to know one another, personally, imaginatively and culturally.
In this workshop, students imaginatively interpret their own life histories/
life stories.
They each choose their own style/ format/ use of media for their "map"
of their life story, which they create using the art materials provided.
They then present their map and tell its story to the class. They learn
how to share and receive stories in a way that ensures trust and mutual
respect. In this process, they come to understand and value the diversity
of experiences/ perspectives in their classroom. They learn to respect
and honor the stories that each of us has within ourselves.
Space Needs/ Materials: Large tables for art materials. Art materials - large paper, tape, scissors, glue, markers, various decorative paper (colored paper, gift wrapping paper, colored foil, magazines and newspapers), glitter.
Four samples of the students maps and presentations are
provided here as short videos (note: in the live classroom presentations,
students were given more time and each presentation was followed by a
question and answer session with the audience.)
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