Who Is Here?
Based on the exhibition Newest Americans, presented at Photoville 2017 by United Photo Industries, Talking Eyes Media, VII Photo, and Rutgers Universityu2013Newark. Every year there is a new group of students who come into our school; students will learn and practice journalistic techniques that help them get to know each other and explore their identities in the context of the broader school community.nnLearning objectives: conduct an interview with someone new and summarize key information about that personu2019s identity; photograph this person in an environment that tells a story about who they are; display their multimedia portraits and explain how their words and pictures work together to tell a deeper story; and discuss a personal experience of being new to a place and how they were made to feel at home.nnThis lesson plan was created during United Photo Industriesu2019 2017 Education Day. Many thanks to the NYC Mayoru2019s Office of Media & Entertainment for supporting UPI Education.nnAuthors: Clarence Sheppard, Mark Robinson, Mary Ou2019Connell, Chris Martin and Tim Raphael u00b7 Featuring photography by Julie Winokur for Newest Americans u00b7 Grade level: 6th u2013 12th grade u00b7 Subjects: Social Studies, Film, English Language Arts u00b7 Time required: 1 week.
- Conduct an interview with someone new and summarize key information about their identity
- Photograph this person in an environment that tells a story about who they are
- Display multimedia portraits and explain how words and pictures work together
- Discuss a personal experience of being new to a place