+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worth a Thousand Words-The Photography Essay

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students act as a public relations firm representing the school district and use photography to develop positive attitudes toward all programs. They brainstormed alternative methods to use photography and selected the photographic essay.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing to Photography/Photography to Writing

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students improve their' writing by incorporating photography into descriptive and narrative writing exercises. They write descriptions of various professional photographic collections. Later they use their own and other classmates'.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photojournalism And Creating A Layout

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain an idea of how a photographer prepares and shoots a photo story. They explore how to use Pagemaker and lay out a story for the newspaper. They see the powerful effect that photography can have on news stories.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Natural Collaboration: Building With the Five Elements of Art

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students assemble found natural objects into an artistic arrangement. They photograph their arrangement and Photoshop to enhance their artwork.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Visual Thinking Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore Visual Thinking Strategy as a way to examine art and photography. They discuss the strategies, and analyze and discuss photographs using the Visual Thinking Strategies techniques.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to the Rich European Jewish Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the culture of rich, European Jews. Using photographs, they discuss their feelings about them and decide on two they would like to use. They respond to questions found on the analysis guide. They research the music of...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Holocaust in Art, Photography and Writing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore paintings, photographs and writings about the Holocaust using the internet. Researching the various websites, they will discover different human experiences of Holocaust victims. After researching, students write...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observing Lava Flows

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the difference between fast and slow spreading lava flows. They identify various types of lava flow and determine the factors that cause them to form. Viewing photographs of lava flows, students working in groups,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wolves and Penguins

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice subtraction strategies and the use of number lines to count back. They use photographs of wolves and penguins to practice subtraction and the creation of number lines. Afterwards, they draw a wolf howling or a penguin...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Pretty Posy Picture Holder

For Students 5th - 6th
In this art project instruction sheet worksheet, students read the directions on how to make a picture frame holder in the shape of a flower. There are 8 steps, with a photograph included.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Went Walking

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students take pictures. In this nature walk lesson, students read I Went Walking and brainstorm a list of things they might see on a nature trail. Students take pictures of things they see on the nature trail, write a caption for each...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Readers Who Struggle Can Learn From Wonderful Teacher/Student Created On-Level Reading Projects

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners create their own books. In this book making lesson, students pick a subject and take photographs of it. They use these photographs to write their own story using their sight words. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The ABC's of Sunshine

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars produce an ABC book of photographs. In this alphabet book lesson, students think about items around their school that correspond with letters of the alphabet. They take pictures of those items, print them, and develop a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picture Perfect Parts of Speech

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students demonstrate the eight parts of speech with personal photographs. In this parts of speech instructional activity, students take photographs and label them with the appropriate concrete example of each part of speech. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Kind of Santa Claus You Are.

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use a photograph analysis sheet to analyze primary sources (photographs) of the Great Depression in small groups. They then write a poem about kids in the Depression Era that reflects their comprehension of the period and its...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting Down with the Alphabet

For Teachers K - 5th
Students view magazines and discuss photographs that impacted on them. For this digital photography lesson, students use digital pictures to photograph the letters of the alphabet. Students look at lighting, framing and composition and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alphabet Soup Job Descriptions

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate New Deal programs. In this Great Depression lesson, 11th graders read the provided source materials that detail the agendas of 3 New Deal agencies. Students complete the provided analysis sheets and then...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analyzing Photographs: From Theory to Practice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze photographic images and use cameras to document their own life.  In this analyzing photography lesson, students apply formal analysis techniques to images, then create a documentary of photographic images with artist...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cultural Awareness

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders define the term "culture" and all aspects of culture. They spend one week photographing culture in their own lives. They create a poster of the photos and explain why each photo is included.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cathedral in the Sea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners construct a model giant kelp and kelp forest inhabitants based on field-guide photographs. Students also place animal cutouts in appropriate positions on or near the plant.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water: The Flow of Women's Work

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers view photographs, read, and reflect on their own environments to gather information about gender roles in Lesotho and the United States. Students role-play gender role related scenarios and write about their reflections...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Image as a Metaphor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define "metaphor" and discuss examples of it in writing. They look carefully at a photograph by Dorothea Lange and discuss its relationship to the concept of metaphor. They write effectively about their own experience, picking...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Capsule - Jewish Children In Concentration Camps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore personal characteristics of Jewish students in concentration camps and the ghetto and make a time capsule of events and photographs following survivors from the ghetto and concentration camps to freedom.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

American Civil Rights Movement, Photo Essay

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students view photographs from the Civil Rights Movement and write an essay from the point of view of someone in the photograph. They artistically represent various aspects of the Movement.

Other popular searches