Happy Thursday!
Reminder to please return field trip forms for Kamp Kiwanis.
Today in social studies, students were asked to think critically about the images they see. Images can shape the way we understand people, issues and events. Developing a habit of questioning images can make us more informed citizens.
Our guiding questions today included:
How do images produce meaning?
How can I think critically about images?
To start, students analyzed images and shared what they noticed and inferred based on what they could see. They then looked at images with a variety of different headlines and captions to assess how the addition of words could potentially change one’s understanding of the image and message.
Lastly, we looked at how images and videos are manipulated or contrived to portray a negative or positive message – especially in political campaigns.
Tomorrow, we’ll continue with our lesson by learning how to search for the source of online images. As well, students will apply a ‘Questioning Image’ Framework to assess the validity of images they find online.
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