Published: 2026-04-26
Home is a Foreign Place
Learners take inspiration from Zarina Hashimi’s Home is a Foreign Place and create block print symbols of home.
SUBJECTArt, Geography, Social Studies
GRADE3rd Grade
Learning Objectives
- I understand that place is a representation of home.
- I can construct maps and other graphic representations of both familiar and unfamiliar places (D2.Geo.1.3-5. C).
Essential Questions
- What is home?
- What memories come to mind when you think of home?
- How can you represent the idea of home?
- How does Zarina understand and represent home?
- What happens to your understanding of home when you are forced to leave?
Lesson Plan
Using input from previous brainstorming, remind learners that the idea of home is hard to contain!
Present slides on Zarina Hashimi. These slides include a brief biography of Zarina Hashimi, an introduction to her chosen medium, and images from her seminal work, Home is a Foreign Place. Show images of Zarina’s ‘Home is a Foreign Place’ and discuss:
Materials
INCLUDED MATERIALS
NEEDED MATERIALS
- Block-printing materials: pre-cut paper squares, pencils
- Brainstorms from the previous lesson
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