On the move with Marcel Duchamp

Several months ago I saw a lesson while surfing through all the art blogs I follow that inspired me to create this lesson for my Middle School students.  The original post used photographs from a magazine as opposed to photographs of  students to convey the movement in Duchamps "Nude Descending a Staircase".
My eighth grade students will be graduating soon so in honor of this big transition in their lives I have dedicated this lesson to them.  I took photographs of them in an "action" pose then printed the image for use in this project. I wanted the students to notice in  particular the movement and rhythm of the piece. 
To begin the lesson the students cut out their photograph then traced it several times onto colored paper of their choice.  By the way the scrap box had some awesome scrap paper  in it.  The images were arranged on a variety of creative backgrounds  as you will see.

The art work is hung in the hallway with a blank sheet of paper nearby where members of our school community can write a "moving" message to the graduating students.