Part II
Overview
Programmatic goals:
- Students will expand their visual literacy by learning more about the process involved in creating a long-form photographic narrative.
- They will consider the role of photographic images within various contexts.
- They will select and sequence their own images to understand how context influences meaning and will create cohesive photo projects (photobooks or exhibitions) that communicate a theme of their choosing.
- They will become familiar with book-design terminology.
Essential questions:
- How do images speak to one another?
- How do they communicate their meaning as a group?
- How does context influence meaning?
- What is a photobook?
At the close of part 2, students will:
Lessons
For the eleventh lesson, teachers are encouraged to bring in their favorite photobooks and hold a discussion about the different shapes, sizes, and designs of photobooks and how they work together with the images to create a visual and tactile experience. Students discover that not all photobooks are the same and that each book tells a different story. This lesson motivates students to begin thinking about their own work in its final book form.
