Photography · Week 31 · Series, Portfolio, and Exhibition
Building a Series
Students select and sequence images into a cohesive series and explain the feeling they want viewers to leave with.
- Students will
- Students select and sequence images into a cohesive series and explain the feeling they want viewers to leave with.
- SEL skill
- Name the feeling behind each image choice
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by noticing which emotions and values guide their choices as an artist.
- Content focus
- Building a Series
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is knowing what you feel, think, value, and do well, and how those things guide your choices. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- VA:Pr4.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 4 (Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Photography
- My Life Through a Lens Self-awarenessStudents take five photos that show who they are and name the feelings behind each choice.
- Framing and Attention Self-awarenessUsing a paper viewfinder, students frame the same scene several ways and notice what they choose to include and leave out.
- Light and Mood Self-awarenessStudents photograph one subject in direct sun, shade, and backlight and describe how light changes the feeling of the image.
- Self Portrait Without a Face Self-awarenessStudents create a self-portrait using objects, hands, or shadows and describe the emotions they chose to reveal.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.