December+7

The December 7th meeting was dedicated to exploring new ways, and sharing successful ways, of using images in the Social Studies classroom for the purposes of enhancing understanding, inference skills, and writing opportunities. Colleagues were also asked to submit a suggestion/activity they already use that incorporates images to begin buidling some shared resources; those can be found by clicking here.

Here is a PDF of the PowerPoint that was used to guide the discussion:

Resources referenced in the presentation: Observation/Inference Chart: Interpreting Works of Art process: Birth of a Nation PowerPoint (please email me if you want details on indiv. pieces of art): Brainstorming T-Chart: Directions concerning interpreting Political Cartoons: These two sites are great resources for Political Cartoons: @http://www.usnews.com/cartoons @http://www.caglecartoons.com/

Additional visual literacy activities that were discussed: >>> @http://americanart.si.edu/images/1995/1995.50.58_1a.jpg >>> @http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/aa/chavez/aa_chavez_huelga_2_e.jpg >>> Additional resources for images, etc: Here are links to four videos I made last year about integrating/using Flickr (a photo sharing site) in the classroom: How to sign up for Flickr How to create a Flickr email address (so students can email photos to your account from their phone) How to create/use "sets" of photos in Flickr so students can comment on/interact with them How students can create "galleries" of photos on Flickr with potential educational uses (here also is an assignment I use in Modern America: )
 * Using a collection of pictures to introduce/have students react to an era or event (the example I mentioned was WWI, I printed enough for each student to have one and hung them in the hall for a gallery walk-type interaction for the front of the sheet, and each student took a single photo back to their desk to complete the back of the sheet)
 * Here's the associated worksheet: [[file:WWI photos questions.doc]]
 * Have students assess the meaning of photographs and the motivation of photographers using the following questions and a set of photos (the example I mentioned was the Civil Rights Movements of the 1960's; I enlarged them and hung them on poster paper, for small groups of students to walk around to and answer the questions (that are on the sheet) about).
 * Here's the associated sheet: [[file:Applying Photography techniques and purposes.doc]]
 * Have students look at advocacy art to discuss how it affects society/impacts a cause (the example I mentioned was the Hispanic Civil Rights movement of the 1960s)
 * Here's the associated sheet: [[file:art as advocacy chavez.doc]]
 * Here are the links to the three art pieces referenced in the activity:
 * Sun Mad Raisins:@http://americanart.si.edu/images/1995/1995.50.32_1a.jpg
 * Boycott Grapes:
 * Si Se Puede:

Here also is a photographer I came across that has many collections of photos concerning the "Arab Spring" you can click on the slide show to be taken to his site; this is a good example of a widget you can embed in a wiki or blog and have students view at home and somehow respond to.

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