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Journal Response to Art

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe various photographs by Dorothea Lange and write reflections in a journal. In this photography lesson plan, 4th graders interpret photographs and do a variety of writing responses to the photographs they observe.
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Community Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a community walk. In this communities instructional activity, students use a digital camera to take photos during a community walk. Students take photos of store signs and street signs. Students design a poster...
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Persuasive Essay PowerPoints

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students address issues important to them by creating a PowerPoint presentation.  In this persuasive writing lesson, students discuss issues with their classmates that they wish to address through a persuasive essay they will write....
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Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine images from newspapers, the photo cropping process, and create their own photos to tell a story. In this photography analysis lesson, students analyze a photograph using the elements of art and analyze their own...
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Following the Wright Path

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright through literature and analyze photographs. In this photography analysis lesson, students read aloud Frank Lloyd Wright and answer questions for the text. Students visit a website...
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What is the Function of Each Seed Part in the Growth of a Plant

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the parts of a seed by using a digital camera.  In this botany lesson, 6th graders plant their own seeds in class and demonstrate the necessary attributes for growing a plant.  Students utilize a camera to...
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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore various images and recognize that in order to make a visible image using a camera or using our eye, light is required. In small groups, they observe how the eyes respond to changes in light and record their observations...
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Pictures Please: Traveling Light

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate how light travels. In this optic science lesson plan, students discover that light travels in a straight line through a laser pointer demonstration. Students also study how pinhole cameras work by considering how...
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Digital Cameras and Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students take pictures of shapes and faces they see and draw lines of symmetry in them. In this symmetry lesson plan, students also draw one half of another student's face.
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Light

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore light.  In this light wave physics instructional activity, students construct periscopes, kaleidoscopes, color wheels, and pinhole cameras.  Students observe and record characteristics of light demonstrated through the...
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Make a Pinhole Camera

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the ability of light to project images by making and using a pinhole camera.
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Extra, Extra Write All About It!

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story for one of the examples. In this news writing lesson, students analyze a photograph as a class and discuss it. Students analyze photographs and example headlines...
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Utilizing Community Resources

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students gain an understanding of scientific methods and use process skills (such as observing, classifying, and predicting) to solve a problem. They develop an understanding of the need for natural preservation.
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Photo Reports Make it Happen

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use detailed instructions to organize, research, write and present an impressive report or slide show to an audience.
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Dorothea Lange

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explain that a person's experiences influence their life, write a time line of their life, and analyze Dorothea's photographs and list descriptive words.
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Captions: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine a picture for details, write questions they need answered about the picture, create lead-ins and captions appropriate for a picture and write captions appropriate for other pictures.
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Win, Lose, or Draw/ Group Rotation

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the proper use of photographic lab equipment addressing appropriate safety issues. They complete all projects associated with this activity before participating in a Win, Lose, or Draw activity.
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Interpreting The Artist's Voice

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students view topical photographs to explore the concept of voice. They examine a series of photographs containing incomplete images. They draw conclusions about the images based on only the information provided. After viewing the...
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The Rain Forest in Photographs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest worksheet students enjoy looking at 8 photographs. Students read the detailed captions which accompany each photograph.
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Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Learners examine images from newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. For this photojournalism lesson, students analyze a photograph using the elements and principles of art then create a photographic image that tells a...
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Civil War Photos Tell a Story

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the work of a Civil War photographer. For this Civil War lesson, students access the photographs by Matthew Brady through the web link and examine the photographs he took in order to better understand the Civil War.
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Photo Opportunities Lesson plan 3: Cropping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the concept of creating art outside the frame. In this art lesson plan, students finish artwork as they add their own details to cropped photographs.
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Making Photo Essays Easy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars generate ideas about what makes a good story and a good photograph then place them together to create a photo essay. For this photo essay lesson, students assemble random photos into a story, select the best photos, and...
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Photo Editing and Photo Ethics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
students investigate how to editphotos and understand the ethics of photo-editing in regard to photo-journalism. In this photo journalism lesson, students examine photos and photo spreads in various sources to identify editing components...

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