Why We Look
In this activity, students will explore the contemporary power of portraiture—from celebrity photos to social media posts—in a panel discussion.
PHOTOGRAPHY LESSON 4:
PANEL DISCUSSION
1—2 class periods (60-120 min)
- Art and Culture
Medium > Visual Arts
Subject Matter > Art History
- History and Social Studies
Themes > Culture
Themes > Globalization
World > The Modern World
- Analysis
- Compare and contrast
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Discussion
- Gathering, classifying and interpreting visual information
- Interpretation
- Media analysis
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Oral analysis
- Oral communication
- Oral presentation skills
- Persuasive writing and speaking
- Representing ideas and information orally and graphically
- Summarizing
- Synthesis
- Technology
- Using archival documents
- Visual analysis
- Visual art analysis
- ELA Reading: 7
- ELA Writing: 7
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2, 4-6
- HSS Reading: 7
- HSS Writing: 7, 9
LESSON 4 HANDOUTS
- Allow additional time for preparation of arguments (in-class or as an assignment) and panel discussions, asking students to research theories of portraiture related to their category and reference specific findings in their response (see Handouts 3-4 and Photography Unit Research handout for related texts and resources), or to incorporate digital media into their presentations.
- Present panel discussions as a school or public forum (see our Information for Teachers), allowing additional time for introductions, presentations, roundtable discussion, and questions from the audience.
- Arguments may also be turned in as written summaries, response papers, or media presentations.