1. Sneaker Culture and Design Project
Ronda Peterson, Andrea Ramsey and Sara McKee

2. The Rise of Sneaker Culture AND Sneaker Heads

3. Unit Lesson Plan
Part 1: Students will design their own sneakers based on research of sneakers from the past. They will use a drawing or painting media of their choice.
Discuss how sneakers have become fine art
Discuss product design
Part 2: Then they will sculpt their sneakers out of cardboard, paper Mache, fabric, yoga Matts, or clay after researching sneaker or shoe sculpture artists.
Grades 5-12
6 weeks unit plan
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4. Rubrics and Grading Student Presentations Students Self Grade Grading Stamp Rubric Sticky Note Critique

5. Sneaker Culture Inspirational artists
Jason Ruff
Tom Yoo
JURJEN SEMEIJN

6. Student Examples 2D

7. More Sneaker Culture Resources
Designing Shoes (marker, drawing, painting)
(shektchbook made for drawing shoes- )
Cardboard Shoes
Clay Shoes
DIY other shoes
(tape)

8. Connected possible Extensions
Fashion department collaboration and shoe display or show
Becoming a Shoe Designer (Job Connection)
Sneaker and Shoe Design Contests :
Sale-at-Foot-Locker