Photography · Week 1 · Seeing Like a Photographer
My Life Through a Lens
Students take five photos that show who they are and name the feelings behind each choice.
- Students will
- Students use personal experience and interests to make five photographs that show who they are and name the feeling behind each choice.
- SEL skill
- Name the feeling behind a creative choice
- What it looks like
- Students recognize the emotions behind their creative choices and name a strength they bring as photographers.
- Content focus
- My life through a lens: five photos that show who I am
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. 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
- MA:Cn10.1.HSI: Media Arts, Connecting, Anchor Standard 10 (Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Photography
- 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.
- Filters and Real Faces Self-awarenessStudents compare filtered and unfiltered images and discuss how edited beauty standards affect the way they see themselves.
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.