Mindfulness Wheel

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will develop ideas to set goals and empower themselves through a mindfulness exercise. They will illustrate their ideas, feelings, and behaviors to create a focused and personally meaningful artistic wheel to use as a mindfulness tool.

Level

Advanced

Areas of Study

Colored Pencils Markers Watercolor Balance Movement Color

Collections

Inspired by Mindfulness

Lesson Objectives

Students will practice mindfulness to identify, analyze, and classify personal strengths and areas for growth.

Students will develop empowering intentions and goals.

Students will design and illustrate a mindfulness wheel to influence their intentions and goals.

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Teaching Strategies

Discuss mindfulness and how a work of art can empower, shape, and enhance an artist’s life.
Facilitate the mindfulness wheel exercise.
Assist in brainstorming, sketching, and designing mindfulness wheels illustrating goals and intentions.
Guide self-reflections on how the process and product influence their ideas, feelings, and behaviors.

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National Standards

Create

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

VA:Cr2.3.IIa

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

20 minutes

Demonstration Time

10 minutes

Student Studio Time

4 hours and 40 minutes

Supplies and Materials

Compass and ruler
Pencil and eraser
Choice of media: colored pencils, markers, or watercolors
Paper of choice: illustration board or watercolor

National Standards

Create

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

VA:Cr2.3.IIa

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Steps

Set Mindful Intentions and Goals

Discuss how a work of art can empower, shape, and enhance an artist’s life. Identify and classify strengths and growth areas on the mindfulness wheel worksheet. Analyze the strengths and growth areas. Brainstorm empowering intentions and goals to create balance.

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