- Grade Focus
- Grade 4
- Age Level
- 9
- Subject
- Literature, Social Studies
- Technology Integration Activity
- Imaging
- Estimated Time of Completion
- Five or more hours....depending on the students and the schedule
Introduction
This lesson introduces the concept of photojournalism. This concept will be extended and applied to study and explore certain rivers of the world. The students will take pictures and publish a school-related article as a prerequisite to doing a photojournalism article on one of the world's rivers. The students will use digital cameras, Microsoft Publisher, Inspiration 9, and Wordle to complete this lesson.Prerequisite Experience
The students will need to be able to type on the computer and upload pictures from the school's digital camera. Also, the students will need to be familiar withthe Wordle, Inspiriation 9 (Rapid Fire), and Microsoft Publisher programs.Teacher Prep Time
The preparation time should be about an hour.
Preparation: make frame poster, gather examples of photojournalism, find online clips that are relevant to photojournalism, make sure the laptop cart is available for use
Project
The final project will be a school-related, published photojournalim article.Assessment/Grading
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Integrate this into social studies and language arts!Lesson Plan Details
Engage
Bring in examples of photojournalism final products (nine week project from third grade) to view and get a sense as to what a photojournalist is and what photojournalists do.
Explore
Students look through magazines to explore and analyze the works of photojournalists.
Compare and contrast photojournalism to other types of material.
Watch online video clips: interviews with a variety of photojournalists and their work samples.
Explain
Using Inspiration 9, Rapid Fire, students will work in teams to complete ideas for the four areas of the Frame of a Disciplinarian- Photojournalist.
Once all teams have finished, combine all responses on the Promethean Board and type them into “Wordle” to display a splash of all responses for each area.
Elaborate
Students will apply all that they know about photojournalism and create a school related topic for their own elaboration. They will brainstorm the layout and plan (including which program to use) for the creation and publication of their own article.
Evaluate
“Wordle” serves as an excellent tool because it shows the popularity and unique differences within the students’ responses.
Meet with the students to discuss their ideas for their photojournalism article. A rubric will be used to assess final product.
Extend
The students will use all of this background information and newly acquired knowledge to research and do a photojournalism article on one of the major rivers. They will complete an interest inventory to determine which river they will be studying. The topics included will be the geographic, economic, historical, and cultural features of their river.