Propaganda Current Events 8th Grade Materials: Computer, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Web Browser, Google Do !

b"e tives #he students will reate a wor$ o% art in Photoshop& #he students will use urrent events to reate their wor$& #he students will tal$ about so ial issues& 'domesti and international( #he students will ma$e a wor$ o% art that has meaning& #he students will do resear h about their urrent events& #he students will be able to e)plain the importan e o% urrent events and being in%ormed& #he students will be able to arti ulate their own opinions about urrent events and other artwor$& Da* +: Warm ,p: -og onto Edmodo& #a$e the Photoshop Pre.#est A tivit*: /tudents will be given a pretest on photoshop elements tools& #he* will have to mat h a tool with the des ription& A%ter the pretest the* will be introdu ed to Photoshop and what is possible %or the program& A%terwards the* will start a new assignment so that the* an get used to Photoshop again& #he assignment is to ta$e a pi ture o% *oursel% or get a pi ture o% *our bod* ta$en and then edit an animals head on top o% it& #he students will partner up and ta$e a pi ture o% ea h other& A%terwards the* will import those images onto their omputers& Be%ore the* get started the* will see an e)ample o% the %inal produ t and then be given a demo on how to omplete the assignment& A%ter the demo the* will have some time to wor$ on their pro"e ts& Da* 0 Warm ,p: Wor$ on Animal Portrait pro"e t& A tivit*: Photoshop Demo and ontinue to wor$ on *our pro"e ts #he students will review Photoshop and the tools that the* overed the lass be%ore& #he* will go over more tools 'E*e Dropper, Paint Brush, Blur, /harpen and /mudge #ools(& #he students will ontinue to wor$ on their pro"e ts wor$ing with the tools that the* learned this lass& #he students should %inish up their pro"e ts b* the end o% lass so that the ne)t lass the* an start wor$ing on the new pro"e t& Da* 1 . 2 Warm ,p:

3inish *our Photoshop pro"e ts and turn them into *our Digital Drop Bo) %or grading& -oo$ing %or: Clean lines4Cra%tsmanship Pol*gonal -asso #ool -a*er 5amed A tivit*: Dis uss 5ew Pro"e t #he students will have a dis ussion about urrent events& 6uestions su h as 7what is a urrent event8 What are some urrent events now8 Wh* should we are o% be in%ormed about urrent events8 What are some urrent events that *ou personall* are about89 A%ter dis ussing the topi o% urrent events the students will be introdu ed to the pro"e t 'a photoshop ollage that draws inspiration and draws attention to a urrent event& :t an be spe i%i or broad( #he* will be shown an e)ample o% the pro"e t& A%ter the dis ussion the students will ta$e time to resear h some di%%erent urrent events that the* %ind interesting or onne t to& #he* should do resear h about all aspe ts o% the urrent event as well& #he* will t*pe up their %indings on a google do & :% there is time the students should start loo$ing %or images that the* an use %or their pro"e ts& 'google sa%et*, avoid violent4graphi images&( When the students are done with their resear h the* will draw out thumbnails %or their pro"e ts& #he* should have %our done be%ore the ontinue on with their pro"e ts& Da* ;: Warm ,p: Continue to wor$ on *our thumbnail s$et hes& A tivit*: #he students will have a <ui $ dis ussions about thumbnails& #he* will dis uss what a thumbnail, how the* should draw them and the uses %or them& A%terwards the* will have an artist dis ussion about !BE= '/hepherd 3arie* and Ban$s*(& We will tal$ about the use o% politi al images in the artist wor$ and the relation o% those to propaganda& A%ter the dis ussion the students will ontinue to wor$ on their resear h and thumbnails& When the* are read* the* will start on their pro"e ts& #he* should be 8)+>)1>>& Da* ?, @, 8: Warm ,p: !pen up *our pro"e ts and ontinue to wor$ on them& Pro"e ts must be4have 8)+>)1>>, at least ; images 'not la*ers(, good ra%tsmanship, A CURRENT EVENT A tivit*: Pro"e t Wor$ #ime #he students will ontinue to wor$ on their pro"e ts& Be%ore moving on though have students ome together %or a <ui $ dis ussion& What is propaganda8 ':n%ormation about a sub"e t that is one sided or tr*ing to swa* the reader4viewer into one dire tion4opinion( 5ot all the in%ormation is given but it highlights either the good or bad about something& Can be ver* e)treme& =our posters should have the propaganda element to it but it should not be about something histori al but about a urrent event& Ma$e good use o% Photoshop& :%

*ou ta$e an image and move it to the ba $ground and then add te)t does it ma$e it a good image8 '5o( =ou an easil* do that in M/ Paint& ,se the tools that *ou are given& /ele t ertain images %rom di%%erent pi tures to ma$e a new, original image& A%terwards show the students ome di%%erent tools that the* an use with Photoshop 'Aighlight the #e)t #ool(& A%ter the demo have the students start wor$ing again& #he* should ontinue to wor$ on these pro"e ts and not on the thumbnails an*more& #here shouldnBt be an* students who are done with their pro"e ts& #he* all have a lot more the* an do to ma$e their pro"e ts even better& 5o games or google earth or an* other programs& Da* C: Warm ,p: #his is the last da* %or *ou to wor$ on *our pro"e ts& Ma$e sure to %inish *our pro"e ts and turn them into the right %older& A tivit*: #he students will wor$ on their pro"e ts %or one last da*& #he* should ma$e sure that the* %inish their pro"e ts& #he* will have the whole lass period to wor$& When the* are done the* need to ma$e sure that ever*thing gets turned in&