Shoot the Caribbean!!!

Day 3

Goals:

1. Students will watch a slide show of different images of the Caribbean to gain a perspective on photography.

2. Students will examine internet sites and information offered about photography.

3. Students will experiment with photography, shooting actual pictures outside.

4. Students will design their own photography logo using picture(s) they have taken.

Time:

2 hours

Resources/Materials:

computer, internet access, class computer monitor to display slide show off of the internet site, pens, notebooks, cameras (Polaroids preferred due to time constraints), film, markers, paints, (color tools), construction paper, scissors, glue/tape, internet sites:


http://www.britishvirginislands.com/coco/index.htm




http://www.ecani.com/mall/ART.htm




http://www.web-search.com/photo.html




http://www.caribphoto.com/

Procedure:

1. Begin the lesson by showing students a slide show of the eastern Caribbean via website "Destination Eastern Caribbean." Ask students to write down in their notebooks any things they notice that make the pictures attractive or appealing. 20-30 minutes.

2. Next, put photography websites on the board for the students to investigate on the internet. Ask them to find things about different types of photography - commercial, travel, personal, sports, scenic, music. Also ask them to find information on cameras and film. Ask the students to find and write down what characterizes some of the commericial photography logos and what makes them attractive. Students are to write down information in their notebooks. 20-30 minutes.

3. Bring the class back together and share ideas by either putting them on the board or just discussing them. "What type of photography would you like to shoot if you went to the Caribbean?" "What sorts of things would you want to shoot?" "What sorts of things attract people to go to the Carbbean?" Explain to the students that pretty and attractive pictures are what excite people to go to the Caribbean and encourage tourism.

4. Explain to the students that they will now go outside to take pictures of attractive things (ideally things that would attract people such as scenic shots and nature pictures). Assign groups of students to share camera(s) to take 2 pictures each of something outside that would attract people to come to the area. Chaperone students outside while they are taking pictures. Encourage students to think about the things that they have written down that get people's attention and are appealing to the eye. 25-30 minutes.

5. Bring the class back together in the classroom. Explain to the students that they now will prepare an individual commercial advertisement for their own photography company. Using markers, construction paper, and scissors, the students should make an advertisement for their own photography company coming up with an original name for it and they should also use the pictures they took outside in their advertisement by taping them to the advertisement. Encourage students to be creative and use ideas they got from the slide show and internet search to make their advertisements as attractive as possible. 25-30 minutes. Use any remaining time for students to share their advertisements with their classmates and then put them up around the classroom.

Assessment:

The students are assessed on if they used their interpretation of what photographers do to get good pictures.

Rubric:

4 The student uses the important information given to him/her, via the slide show and internet search, to complete the task, additionally identifies little known characteristics of good photography and successful advertising, and applies those to his/her final product.

3 The student uses the information given to him/her somewhat, and completes the task successfully.

2 The student fails to use any information given to him/her to complete the task, but completes the task adequately.

1 The student fails to use information and does not complete the advertisement successfully.

Curricular Strands:

Art - slide show, identifies what is appealing to the eye, taking pictures, developing original advertisements

Computers - resource/information gathering via internet access

Cooperative Learning - pairing with students to take pictures

Social Studies - resources and information gathering

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