Creative+Communications

Part of one class period each week will be set aside for you students to present to the class your interpretations of music, artwork, or photography. Here are the downloadable copies of the written reviews that you will need to complete and hand in when it it your turn to present your review to the class. You will will need to have made the necessary arrangements to be able to play the music or show the artwork/photograph to the class before it is your turn to present your review.

We will study persuasive writing, photography, political cartoons, and opinion ads as forms of creatve writing using the textbook //America Now// as the basis for these studies. Here is a worksheet over the introduction to the textbook.



As we study images as a form of creative communication, we will be examining some of America's most significant images and art's power to stimulate intellectual awakenings. These images are part of //Picturing America//, a portfolio of illustrations. We will look at physical copies of those illustrations in class. However,as you complete the worksheets that accompany the images, you will need to have access to an electronic copies of the images. Those copies are found in the //Picturing America Image Gallery// link below. Use the left and right arrows to scoll across the electronic gallery and find the image you are studying. Clicking on the image will enlarge it and provide you with additional information about the image.

[|Picturing America Image Gallery]

Here is a link to lesson plans (created by EdSITEment) for the //Picturing America// portfolio. Included here is a link to //Picturing America on Screen, a collection of// videos on many of the images in the //Picturing America// portfolio. We will watch these videos in class.

[|Picturing America Lesson Plans]

On the left side are the pages from the //Picturing America// book. On the right side are the worksheets that accompany these pages. Use the information found in the pages on the left side to answer the questions on the worksheets.















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Here is a link to the digital lessons found in //Scope// magazine, including the lesson on "Worked to the Bone." [|Scope digital lessons]

Here is a link to a 1:30 video clip from The History Channel called "The Fight to End Child Labor." [|The Fight to End Child Labor]

Here is a link to the readers' theatre play that explains the power of the photography of Lewis Hines. [|"Worked to the Bone"]

Here is a link to a 3:30 minute video "Can A Picture Change the World?" [|Can A Picture Change the World?]

Here is a link that includes 24 photos taken by the //New York TImes// contemporary photojournalist Tyler Hicks. [|Photography of Tyler Hicks]

Here is a link that includes photos of child laborers taken by Lewis Hine. [|Photography of Lewis Hine]

Check out this link, which takes you to a photo essay of The Great Depression featuring the photography of Russell Lee, Jack Delano, Wallace Evans, John Vachon, Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Sheldon Dick, and Ben Shahn.

[|Photo Essay: The Great Depression]

Here is the worksheet you will need to complete as you view the photo essay of the Great Depression,



Here is a link to information about the squatter's camps of the Great Depression. [|Squatter's camps][|Sharecropping]

Chapter 8 - "It's All Greek to Me"

If you even thought you were having a bad day, this will change everything. They communicate with one sylable, Da-da-da-da, but it's the movements that accompany the sounds that give it true meaning: @http://www.wimp.com/babyboys/

Here is a link to a news report about the impact of easy access to nude photography (via the Internet) on Playboy magazine and its editorial decision to stop publication of nude photos.

[|Playboy Magazine Change]