Photography · Week 30 · Documentary and Community
Careers in Photography
Students explore careers in photojournalism, commercial photography, and scientific imaging and identify skills to build next.
- Students will
- Students explore careers in photojournalism, commercial photography, and scientific imaging and set a goal with a first step toward a skill they want to build.
- SEL skill
- Write a goal with a first step and an if then plan for an obstacle
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by setting a specific goal and planning for an obstacle.
- Content focus
- Careers in Photography
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means steering your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach a goal. More self-management 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
- CTE.AME.KPAS.3.1: Identify personal interests, aptitudes, information, and skills necessary for informed career decision-making.
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-management activities for Photography
- Slow Looking Self-managementStudents spend five quiet minutes finding one subject on campus and connect slow looking to calming the mind.
- Exposure and Patience Self-managementStudents troubleshoot overexposed and underexposed images and practice adjusting settings without giving up.
- Breaking the Rules Self-managementStudents intentionally break a composition rule and reflect on the discomfort and the discoveries of experimenting.
- Darkroom Patience Self-managementDeveloping a print in the darkroom or through a simulated process, students practice staying calm through steps they cannot rush.
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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.