Photography · Week 5 · Seeing Like a Photographer
Whose Point of View
Students compare photos of the same event by different photographers and discuss how personal and cultural context shapes meaning.
- Students will
- Students compare photographs of the same event by different photographers and analyze how personal and cultural context shapes intent and meaning.
- SEL skill
- Imagine another person's view using evidence
- What it looks like
- Students practice taking another person's perspective and considering how background shapes what someone sees.
- Content focus
- Whose point of view: how a photographer's life shapes the story
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people see things and caring about their view, including people from different backgrounds. 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
- MA:Re8.1.HSI: Media Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 8 (Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More social awareness activities for Photography
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- 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.
- Documenting Our Community Social awarenessStudents plan a documentary series about a valley place or person and practice a listening interview before shooting.
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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.