Advanced Photography Grades 9-12
STANDARDS MET | CONTENT/SKILLS | SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES | ||||||
A | B | C | D | |||||
Performing and Creating | ||||||||
1-4 | 1-3 | a. Produce a portfolio of well-composed, technically competent, and creatively expressive images, in either black and white or color digital prints. | • Collaborate with others when developing and creating a portfolio. | |||||
1-4 | 1, 2 | b. Explore and apply a variety of materials and techniques in order to maximize the potential of the student and the medium. | • Explore higher education institutional and scholarship opportunities. | |||||
1-7 | 1, 2 | c. Demonstrate collaboration, work ethic, and time management skills in creating a portfolio sufficient for use as a pre-employment tool or portfolio for admittance to an educational institution aimed at a photography career. | • Interview, shadow, and/or complete an internship with a professional photographer to provide opportunities for discussion, guidance, and insight to related fields. | |||||
1-4 | 1-6 | 1-8 | d. Demonstrate the ability to express ideas through photography, discussion, and writing. | • Produce works for a portfolio.• Explore opportunities to exhibit work. | ||||
History and Culture | ||||||||
1-3, 4, 6 | 1-8 | 1, 2, 4 | 1-6 | a. Research and study different applications of photography throughout the world. | • Identify a variety of photographic techniques and themes and their relevance in our society. | |||
1-7 | 1-8 | 1, 2, 4 | 1-6 | b. Research photography and its potential for artistic expression as impacted by individual environment. | • Compare and contrast student’s photography with important historical photographs. | |||
1, 2 | 1-8 | 1-4, 6 | 1-8 | c. Understand the role and limitations of photography. | • Identify universal themes throughout various historical periods, and the influences on the creation of different forms and methods of photography. |
*Prerequisite: Credit with Grade C or higher in Intermediate Photography or instructor’s permission
STANDARDS MET | CONTENT/SKILLS | SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES | ||||||
A | B | C | D | |||||
Evaluation and Analysis | ||||||||
1-4 | 1, 2 | 1-8 | a. Know and understand the criteria used to assess a quality photograph, including darkroom, software, and camera handling techniques. | • Use description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment to critique photographs. | ||||
1, 2 | 1-5 | 1-8 | b. Evaluate and critique historical and contemporary forms of photography as well as the works of the student and his/her peers. | • Use written and oral methods to respond to photographs. | ||||
1, 2 | 1-6, 8, 9 | 1-8 | 1-8 | c. Demonstrate sensitivity to both traditional and self-expressive applications of photography. | ||||
Aesthetic Perception | ||||||||
2 | 1-7 | a. Be able to discuss and defend personal positions on photography as an art form. | • Discuss the impact of photography and its applications to marketing, communication, and artistic expression. | |||||
2 | 1-7 | b. Demonstrate the capacity to enter into and maintain a knowledgeable discussion and sharing of opinions. | • Write a personal definition of photography and beauty. Find and share examples that support that definition. | |||||
1-6, 8 | 3-5 | c. Consider that, as an art form, diverse cultures view photography with different opinions. | • Make a judgment about the success of a photograph. | |||||
4 | 6, 7 | d. Recognize the scope and the diversity of photographic applications to our lives, our culture, and our society. | • Share feelings of the significance of photography and how it is a part of life. | |||||
• Discuss issues related to aesthetics, photographers, values in photography, and other related topics. |
ASSESSMENTS |
• Concept assimilation and demonstration • Creativity • Participation in class • Rubric • Safety habits • Skill growth and manipulatives • Time on task • Working to assignment parameter |
*Prerequisite: Credit with Grade C or higher in Intermediate Photography or instructor’s permission