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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to study the propaganda elements from various war times. In this war propaganda lesson, students compare and contrast works of art from various viewpoints about war from varying social periods. Students write...
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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...
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Hard Edge Painting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the history of hard edge painting and discover demonstration techniques using a variety of fonts and discuss lettering. They present a number of abstract works of art with hard edge technique and works of art with text.
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Parts of a Whole

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High school artists create a collaborative piece based on a historical image. Each member of the class is given two days to draw one part of the whole image, when the two days are up; they put their pieces together and discuss the...
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"Light Graffiti"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The results of this project are sure to brighten any school hallway or dreary set of walls. It begins as learners choose or take photographs and convert them into negative/positive space images. They print, then stencil the image onto...
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Chinese Takeout

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Young scholars use digital photography to illustrate a story. They research examples of narratives to determine how to choose photos that meet a specific purpose. Students research examples of narratives.
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Class Memory Book

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Class members use digital cameras, computers, laser printers, and booklet making supplies to create their own page for a class memory book.
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What would Monet do with a digital Camera?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Students discuss their photographs and how photography influenced the...
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Faculty Photomontage

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils create a photomontage using and manipulating digital pictures. They use photos of the school's faculty for the montage.
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Frank Sadorus Collection: Photographic Family Tree Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students collect and place photographs of their parents, grandparents, etc., in a family tree-like chart or positioned by generation. They find out more about the occupations and lives of their ancestors.
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Color Theory & Using Layers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the color wheel theory and incorporate it into simple sketches on their handheld. The importance of the use of layering and the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors is presented in this lesson...
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Introduction to Victorian Valentines

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the history of Valentine's Day and how paper valentines became a tradition in Victorian times. Using a photo organizer, they select photos using tags. They use a software program to create a special image for their...
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I See Lots of People

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A straightforward digital photography lesson that is a practice in cloning. Learners take a photograph of an individual and then a group of classmates. They insert the individual several times in the picture to make it look like several...
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The Element of Shape

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils find a dictionary definition of "shape" and write a definition in their own words. They select an example of shape from a magazine and find a major work of art dominant in shape. They create their own shape using Adobe Photoshop.
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The World Without Nouns

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study nouns. In this nouns lesson, students take pictures of themselves doing an activity. Students use Adobe Photoshop to color a major noun in the picture. Students use Keynote or PowerPoint to create a slideshow with the...
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Painting Botanicals by Computer Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils increase computer graphics skills and trace and paint botanicals from digital photographs taken of prairie plants using computer-aided artistic techniques in Painter Classic Software and with the Wacom Tablet and stylus.
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Color Theory & Using Layers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice layering colors while creating three distinct backgrounds using the educational software TealPaint in this High School Art and Technology lesson. A slideshow, a quiz, and a color PowerPoint Slide show are included.
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So, So Surreal Self-Portraits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners take virtual trip back in time to 1924 when a Dada manifesto sparked the Surrealist movement in Europe and the United States. They explore about the history of Surrealism and visit online galleries of notable artists of the past...
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The History of Photography

For Teachers 6th - 9th
By discussing the history of photography, students can learn about this art and its importance in recording major events.
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Assessing Presenting the Mask

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a software program to recreate a mask they made in art class. Individually, they write a paper describing their mask with an loose illustration. They combine the pictures of each mask into a class book for others to view.
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Composite Demo/Group Rotation

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders observe an example of compositing and listen to an explanation of what it means. They choose at least two images that work together to make a composite making sure that the images relate to one another and they are visually...
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Introducing Me (with scanned photo)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students present information about themselves and the multimedia tools they used to prepare a personal page for the internet.
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Photojournalism And Creating A Layout

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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.
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Graphics Integrates Fun

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students take digital pictures of themselves before using a stylus pen on to trace their facial features on a graphic pad. Using an Internet gallery of body drawings they complete a caricature of themselves. In two other activities, they...

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