Students will engage in visual and written activities that will support their creative process of choreographing a solo dance composition. The lesson includes motifs and the movement components -- body, effort, shape, and space (BESS elements from Laban Movement Analysis).
Students learn about the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II. Through an analysis of Dorothea Lange's photographs, the "Pledge of Allegiance," and a U.S. government flyer from 1942, students discuss the complexities of U.S. history and politics.
This website provides users with a new Earth Science related photo daily with description.
Students will analyze a 20th century photograph of a Los Angeles landscape, utilizing the principles of design and discussing the message of the work. They will also consider the history of Los Angeles within the broader context of population expansion in U.S. history and write a research paper about the environmental impacts of overpopulation.
Students analyze Dorothea Lange's photographs and identify key themes in her work. They then create a thematic exhibition pairing Lange's work with work by artists who explore the same themes in other media.
Students will learn the basic tools for analyzing images using description, reflection, and formal analysis.
Building on the strategies learned in the lesson 1, students will examine works of art in a museum setting.
Students will read an artist's statement by Dorothea Lange and write an artist's statement based on their own photographs.
Students will examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story to accompany one.
Students will create a timeline outlining various groups' struggles for equal opportunity and create a 30-second radio or video public service announcement (PSA).
Students will analyze shapes and patterns in a photograph, hear stories about people who were forced to move to internment camps because of their ethnicity, and create drawings that tell a story about a young girl's life in an internment camp.
Students will read primary source documents about the U.S. internment of Japanese Americans following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and will examine various versions of a photograph by Dorothea Lange and explore how cropping can evoke different effects.
Students examine primary resources, photographs by Dorothea Lange, and a U.S. map to understand the migrant experience during the Great Depression.
Students define metaphor and discuss its use in writing and visually. Students develop a personal metaphor and use it to write about their own experience.
Students study how Dorothea Lange tells stories related to children. They practice telling their own written and visual stories in response to Lange's images.
Students compare and contrast a photograph and a photo-collage depicting the same highway and write a descriptive composition of both images. They identify one-point perspective in works of art then draw a desert landscape using one-point perspective.
Summary: Students will create an interactive portfolio, using Adobe InDesign.
Demonstration of Creativity: Photography, by nature, is creative. Throughout
this course, students have demonstrated the use of the photographic triangle,
used different lenses, critiqued images, explored photojournalism and product
photography, manipulated and adjusted photographs, and much more. Although
the main focuses of Photography 20 is to acquire knowledge and develop skills in
photography, it’s the creativity that can make a photo stand out. This project
allows students to showcase their creative talent in a practical and relevant
manner.
Students examine two of Dorothea Lange's photographs in relation to the universal theme of a journey. They make connections between the photographs and poems about journey and write about a journey in their own lives.
This site offers lessons and units in elementary, middle level and high school art in a wide range of areas.
This is a great resource for students to research animals and play games related to animal studies.
"While National Geographic Kids isn't well-organized for teachers, it is a fantastic resource for students to explore their interests and follow their curiosity. The site would be a great way to introduce the diversity of life on Earth: Encourage students to learn about new animals, watch the science and geography series, and explore the interactive world map. The Homework Help section can provide additional information for light research papers or projects. Teachers can search, themselves, for resources that match topics they're working on in the classroom.
Teachers of younger students will find this easy-to-use educational tool a great way to increase engagement and add extension activities for science and social studies lessons. Note: Though the site content is free, there are abundant links to subscribe to the National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids magazines." (Common Sense Media Review)