Curated OER
Creating a Nation
Students investigate the move to federation by the Australian colonies was abject of the displays of nationalism that characterized similar movements in other nations. Most notions regarding federation were treated with little serious...
Curated OER
Astronomy: Picture Time
Students investigate how to tell time by observing the placement of objects in the sky. Researching on the Internet, they locate the time for sunrise and sunset, the time the full moon rises, and the difference between clock and solar...
Curated OER
Cotton Ball Lamb
Students are encouraged to recognize animal and the sounds they make. They create a hands-on craft, story-telling and song. Students share each creation with their classmates.
Curated OER
Class-to-class Interaction
Sixth graders interact with each other using interpersonal skills and digital equipment. They respect self and others related to human development and relationships. They video tape the activity as well as take still shots of...
Curated OER
Sowing Seeds of Service
Third graders use metric measuring for model and actual plan in designing a roof garden. They photograph the process, record results in a journal, and plant seedlings in small containers. Finally, 3rd graders complete an acid rain...
Curated OER
Toy Inventors Workshop
Eleventh graders investigate the technology of designing toys by conducting interviews with preschool age children. Ideas are obtained for making new types of toys. They design the toys and then use computer technology to share the...
Curated OER
Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
Curated OER
Region, History, and the Novel: Is Resistance Futile?
Students read a novel related to their geographical area and "Gone With The Wind". Using the first novel, they use the internet to research one aspect from it and relate it to their location today. They create a Hyperstudio or PowerPoint...
Curated OER
Family Picture Quilt
Pupils explore family backgrounds and traditions while discussing how memories are preserved. In this patchwork quilt lesson, students create a keepsake by compiling pictures, drawings, and magazine clippings of things that are important...
Curated OER
Exploring Heroism
Students research heroism online. In this heroism lesson, students use the documentary of Heroes of Ground Zero to explore the theme of heroism. Students complete five days of activities to research and participate in activities that...
Curated OER
Grow Your Own Grub
Students study plant needs and growth by completing a gardening activity. In this plant study lesson, students watch a video and discuss plant growth needs. Students plant seeds in containers and water the plants. Students take photos of...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Writing an Autobiography Using Pictures
This is a 4-day lesson plan on how to write an autobiography. Students also learn to take digital pictures of themselves and use them in their writing.
Thinkport Education
Write Now: Arguing for Change
Students are presented with a scenario of bullying and are asked to write an "argument for change" as a way to get classmates to stop bullying. In preparing their argumentative piece, students are guided to examine fiction and nonfiction...
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Having Fun With Landscape Photography
Students will learn about horizon lines in traditional landscapes and portraits, shadows and reflected light, and John Pfahl's Altered Landscapes. They will also create their own altered landscape photographs and portraits and write...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Understanding Content Through Photography
This lesson plan is designed to assist learners making self-text-world connections through multimedia presentations. This plan includes a student guide for writing the reflection scripts as well as a detailed instructional plan.
Other
University of Central Florida: English Classroom Uses for the Digital Camera
This site has nine great lesson plans involving the use of a digital camera in a language arts class. There are suggested activities for students in every grade level.
PBS
Pbs: Arts
The home on the web for arts-related content that airs on PBS stations. You can link to the program sites of long-running arts broadcasts, sample special exhibitions, and investigate what the network is airing or has recently aired on...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Nouns, Verbs, and Describing Words
This language arts lesson uses technology to assess students' understanding of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Each student will use a digital camera to take a picture at school. He will then write a descriptive sentence about the picture...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is It?
Technology is incorporated into this "riddle" lesson as students select an image to capture using a digital camera. This is a fun lesson designed to introduce students to the use of digital cameras. After editing the picture, they...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: That's the Story!
This is a fun lesson where the students use thinksheets and digital cameras. The students take an "interesting" picture using the digital camera. After they have printed them they are given at random another student's picture. They write...
Duke University
William Gedney: Photographs and Writings
A beautiful collection of black and white photographs from around the world. Taken by William Gedney in the 1950s-1980s they show true artistry.
New York University
Collected Visions
Photos from our past connect us to certain thoughts, feelings, and stories. Share your story on this growing collection of personal family snapshots and essay or read those of others.
Other
Kodak: Language Arts Lesson Plans
This site from Kodak is overflowing with lesson plans to use in your language arts classroom. Teachers from every grade level have submitted activities integrating photography into their lessons.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Andy Warhol/digital Self Portraits
Students will be introduced to the life and art of Andy Warhol as a way of considering photography as a self-portrait medium. They will create their own digitally manipulated photographic self-portrait and then write a poem to describe...