Photography · Week 26 · Documentary and Community
Local Lenses
Students study California and Coachella Valley photographers and describe how their images shape the way people understand the region.
- Students will
- Students compare how two photographs of the valley present the region, and describe how a local photographer's images shape understanding of it.
- SEL skill
- Describe a photo from the viewpoint of someone who lives there
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by describing a photograph from the perspective of someone who lives in the place shown.
- Content focus
- Local Lenses
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is taking another person's perspective with empathy, including people from different cultures and communities. More social 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:Re7.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 7 (Perceive and analyze artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More social awareness activities for Photography
- Whose Point of View Social awarenessStudents compare photos of the same event by different photographers and discuss how personal and cultural context shapes meaning.
- Shooting in Pairs Social awarenessPartners alternate as photographer and assistant and practice reading each other's needs during a shoot.
- Día de los Muertos Photo Essay Social awarenessStudents learn how to photograph ofrendas and community celebrations respectfully by asking permission and centering the families' meanings.
- Photographs That Built Empathy Social awarenessStudents study photographers who documented farmworker life in California and consider how their images built empathy for social change.
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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.