North Vancouver School District
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Dec 15
Identity Impressions – A Grade 3 art exhibition

By Glenda Robertson, Principal

Grade 3 students at Norgate Xwemélch’stn recently presented their art exhibition, Identity Impressions, to their Grade 7 buddies and to their families.

Through their “How We Express Ourselves” unit of inquiry, students developed their understanding related to the central idea, “We can express aspects of our identity through a variety of art forms.”

During the unit of inquiry, they built and showed their understanding of the concept of identity by developing “Pieces of Me” visuals to represent the multiple facets of who they are.

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By reading stories that included different personal features, cultural facts, ethnic characters and life stories, students were encouraged to theorize as to what aspect(s) of identity authors shared through their own stories.

Students also explored how visual artists share aspects of their personal identity through artwork, as well as the varied ways people express and share aspects of their identify.

To demonstrate their overall understanding of the lines of inquiry and central idea, students created a piece(s) to share a personal story of who they are with the broader school community.

Their gallery presentation was a huge success, and their artwork has now become a special installation in the school’s front entry display case.

This unit of inquiry helped students understand that they are artists who can express themselves and share their identity with the broader community and world!

Thank you to Ms. Au for helping students develop such meaningful pieces. And thank you, Grade 3s, for sharing with our school community who you are through your art!

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