“What Goes Around Comes Around: Body Painting /Tattooing in Societies Past and Present”

This unit will focus on body painting and tattooing in order to help students understand the reasons for and significance of art, both in their own and other cultures. The curriculum unit is intended for the high school student in grades 9-12, and previous art experiences and or skills are not required. The purpose of this unit is to drive home the point that art is an integral if not inherent part of our everyday lives. Through the use of various types of media, resource materials, written research and art projects, the student will be able to make a connection between body painting/tattooing in their own society and in other cultures and time periods. At the end of the unit the student will be able to present a written report, an individual and group art project, which will be showcased in a culminating art exhibit and body painting demonstrations.