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Ansel Adams,
American Artist and Activist In this multi-session lesson, students will be introduced to the work of acclaimed photographer Ansel Adams. |
Visual & Performing Arts CA Standards |
9-12 | |||
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Ansel Adams
and the American West In this two or three-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and the photography of Ansel Adams. |
Visual & Performing Arts, History-Social
Science, Engligh-Language Arts CA Standards |
3-5 | |||
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Ansel Adams
and the Elements of Art In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to the works of Ansel Adams while learning about the Elements of Art. |
Visual & Performing Arts CA Standards |
K-2 | |||
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Ansel
Adams and the Nature of Expressive Portraiture In this multi-session lesson, students will be introduced to the portraiture work of acclaimed photographer, Ansel Adams. Adams, best known for his black and white landscapes of Yosemite National Park and the California coast, did not confine himself to just one subject area. |
Visual & Performing Arts CA Standards |
6-8 | |||
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The Art of Photo-Collage In this one to two-session lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of photo-collage. Photo-collages allow students to combine different pictures into one new composition. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards |
4-8 | |||
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Become an Ethnographic
Photographer Ethnography is the study of specific cultures. An ethnographic photographer uses photography to study the traditions, customs, daily life, ceremonies, and people of particular cultures. In this lesson, students will document their own culture through photography. |
Visual & Performing Arts, History-Social
Science, English-Lanugage Arts CA Standards |
9-12 | |||
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Personal
Portraiture In this one to two session lesson, students will combine aspects of composition, vantage points, and text to create a personal portrait expressing thought and emotions. Students will explore selected images while considering the concepts of portraiture and self-portraiture. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards |
4-6 | |||
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Photography and Vantage
Points In this one-session lesson, students will be introduced to Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and vantage points. Using photographs from a variety of time periods, students will discuss and analyze the subjects, the time period, and photographers’ angles. Students will also record their ideas and reflections. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards |
4-6 | |||
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Photography Portfolio
In Session One of this lesson, the students will use their knowledge of photographic vantage points to take photographs for a portfolio. In Session Two, the students will begin to design their portfolios, select photographs, write captions, and write personal narratives or expository artist statements. In Session Three, the students will assemble their portfolios and view their classmates’ work. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Lanugage
Arts CA Standards |
4-6 | |||
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Photojournalism In this lesson students will choose a historical or present-day event to portray through photographs. The students will narrate this event with photographs and text to communicate its significance in history or our current daily lives. |
Visual & Performing Arts, English-Language
Arts CA Standards |
9-12 | |||
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Turning a Room into
a Camera Obscura In this one-session lesson, students will turn an ordinary room into a camera obscura. |
Visual & Performing Arts, Science CA Standards |
4-6 | |||
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Visual Thinking
Strategies The main purpose of the VTS is to teach students ways to examine and think about works of art and construct meaning from them. In this one-session lesson, students will look at different photographic images and begin to develop a sense of connection to art and build critical and creative thinking skills they can use for the rest of their lives. |
English-Language Arts CA Standard |
K-12 | |||
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