+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photojournalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers choose a historical or present-day event to portray through photographs. They narrate this event with photographs and text to communicate its significance in history or our current daily lives.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photojournalism And Creating A Layout

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers 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

W. Eugene Smith: Photojournalism and Compassion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the work of the photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. They analyze photo-essays by Smith, construct a pinhole camera, and create their own photo-essay.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photo Safari

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students take photographs of people and things that impact their lives. In this photojournalism lesson plan, students learn how to use a photo to tell a story and present their project.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

EUDORA WELTY

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after viewing the video "Tell About the South II: Poets and Prophets," analyze the section on Eudora Welty and her photography work and writings. They focus on photojournalism and its enlightenment regarding cultures that are...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine images from newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. In this photojournalism lesson plan, students analyze a photograph using the elements and principles of art then create a photographic image that tells...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Through the Viewfinder: Learning to Think Like a Professional News Photographer

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the skills for photo composition to become quality photojournalists. In this photojournalism lesson, students cut out photographs from magazines and decide on the best ones, as well as determine what makes them good....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Effective Photojournalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine what makes a quality photo and take and edit appropriate photos that relate to their assigned articles. They select good pictures for their publication.
+
Unit Plan
Newspaper Association of America

Press Ahead!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Give class members some great news! A media unit teaches individuals about ethics, parts of a newspaper, business writing, photojournalism, and more topics that have to do with the press. Full of material for a variety of learners,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picture Perfect

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how photographic images can be used to convey the intentions of the photographer based on Hiroji Kubota's photojournalistic show "Can We Feed Ourselves? A Focus on Asia"
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Photojournalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students reflect on the experiences of young people involved with civil rights activism They analyze journalistic photographs and how to use a digital camera and basic digital photo editing techniques.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Capturing the Moment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create photography timelines of the Civil Rights movement and write journal entries reflecting on the capacity of photographs to evoke personal and collective historical memory.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photojournalism: Documenting the Four Greatest Threats to Global Sustainability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study global sustainability by viewing photos.  In this environment lesson students work in groups and create their own photo gallery.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery March, 1965

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze primary sources to investigate the Civil Rights Movement. In this Civil Rights lesson, students explore the passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965 and how photojournalism impacted the passage of the legislation....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photography: Beyond the Snapshot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore news photography skills. In this photojournalism instructional activity, students examine photographs from newspapers and magazines and discuss the attributes of quality photographs. Learners complete a webquest at the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Photography To Enhance A Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read text and study examples of good usable photography for newspapers. They see how to crop photos for maximum effect, and to better tell the story. They tell a sports story by choosing the best and fewer photos that have the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eye See What You Mean

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the arts of photojournalism, graphic design, and album cover design and use this knowledge to create original album cover designs. This excellent Art lesson can be easily adapted to a Social Studies classroom.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Tale of Two Schools

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create different photographs using photographic techniques of camera angles, lighting, and composition. They write non-fiction stories about people they interview and create two school newsletters that portray a fictional...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Got the Picture?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the power of photographic images to influence public opinion. Then, using both news images and personal photographs, they create dual timelines documenting their own life experiences and memories.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sculpting a Message: From the Counter-Reformation to the Present Day

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss persuasive messages in art. In this art history lesson, students research 17th- century European sculptures to find the messages given. They create their own sculptures and write press releases to explain their art. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digital Black and White Photography

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take black and white photographs. in this photography lesson, students discuss photographers and the effects they use. They take their own photograph and manipulate it in PowerPoint. 

Other popular searches