A fellow teacher told me about this amazing lesson about the artist Ellen Gallagher, a contemporary artist that deals with issues of identity and nostalgia. A video about the artist can be viewed on the Art21 website: http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/segment-ellen-gallagher-in-play.
There are many ways the lesson could be implemented, depending on what you would want to focus on, such as advertising, narrative, sequencing, or stereotyping in our culture. Students can select ads to manipulate and alter using a variety of materials.
The lesson itself can be found here: http://www.pbs.org/art21/files/uploads/pdf/art21_s3guide_gallagher.pdf.
