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Egyptian inscription above from the Archeological Museum of Barcelona.
Have students write a paragraph or two on who the "actors" are in the scene and what the artist intended to communicate.
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See the "What's New Mon 12/1/97
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Bernie Dodge. Tutorial on creating WebQuest on the Internet? Basic HTML, using an HTML editor (Claris Home Page), WebQuest Templates. Links to Yahoo's Mega List of HTML How-Tos, Downloadable (free) Web Graphics and an Index of Useful Social Studies Websites. By Bernie Dodge, with a focus on the analysis of the following sites: The Archeotype WebQuest, Your First Paycheck, The Globe Theatre, The Planet Earth Expedition, The 1960s Museum, Democracy in Schools, Comparing San Diego with Biarritz, Demystifying Chaucer. A problem based WebQuest. "The PTA needs your help! They are planning this year's Field Day for your grade level. This is an all day field trip to a park in San Bernardino County. It includes recreational activities available at that park (ie: swimming, horseback riding, etc.). In the past, members of the PTA have planned and arranged the day. This year, they have suggested that YOU develop a plan for the day!"
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Some Photo/Photo Journalism Lessons and Ideas -- Including digital photography:
Interested in ideas on how to use a digital camera in the classroom? Send students to the site with the Question (how can we use the ideas from the site for forming a project for our class?). Art and Literary Cards: Email art cards, paintings, poetry, inspirational,literary, art, paintings, photo cards "focusing on those that can easily be incorporated into school lessons - art, literary, astronomy, environment, world culture, nature, animals, travel etc. Most of the cards featured in these card centers are quality color photography, some by outstanding professional photographers.....and all are free." PDF files = A Self-Teaching Guide to Using an Adjustable 35 mm Camera and to Picture-Taking. Social Studies Documentation includes: A Portrait and a Place, Using Photo Essays to Promote Organizational Writing, Photographic Map Studies, We the People, Behavior Improvement in Bilingual Students of Native American Backgrounds, Carrollton-A Study Skills Pictorial Activity Book, Rooflines Through the Lens, Japanese Gardening - A Style Shaped by Its Culture and How it Contrasts with Western Style Gardening, Worth a Thousand Words-The Photography Essay and A Foundation for Participation Cultural Awareness. Lesson ideas do not need to be at "lesson" sites. Netscape and various "donation ware" HTML editors and a scanner can be used to create interactive multimedia documents on a LAN and techniques for presenting information for educational purposes on the Internet can be locally generated and presented to students. Once teachers learn the simple tasks of using a digital camers, a scanner, a computer and the appropriate software, lessons can be created easily. In fact, some schools routinely assign the tasks of creating "interactive software" to students. Patch High School comes to mind as one of the first to demonstrate a high degree of student involvement in such activities. I suspect that students who are very young can be taught the basics of "tags" and "containers" to produce documents. The newest breed of word processors are bound to fold in some basic HTML. Students with such skills and tools could easily take the idea of photo journalism demonstrated at this site and run with it.... Check the more recent presentations as well. A new address forced a revisit to this top professional site. See the "What's New" section for a look at past political campaigns in the United States and a "Photo of the Week" that illustrates a historic event or a personality's birthday. The "PHOTO GALLERY" links to: Great Photographers, People, Places, Polular Culture, Science, Sports and War. A "PHOTO ESSAYS" leads to presentations on: African Americans, Hiroshima, The Oscars and Pioneer Women. This site rates high for its organization, elegant simplicity and visual appeal. It also can serve as a "template" for the gifted student who is assigned to do a multi-media presentation using HTML coding and resources (graphics and text) for displaying information in a graphical browser...either on the Internet or a LAN. This page also sports an uncluttered chronology of events (and hyperlinks to link information to events). Using visual information such as this can simplify and reduce the time it takes to communicate a complex assignment to students. If students are informed that their timelines will be showcased on the LAN or the Internet for their peers, parents and other schools to see, they are likely to give it their best.
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For suggestions on sites to add and possible lessons and applications, contact
Dennis Boals