Exploring Digital Photo Alteration and Self-Image in Fifth Grade
Dive into the world of digital photo alteration with fifth graders, as they learn to recognize the impact of edited images on self-image and perceptions. This cross-curricular lesson explores the use of photo manipulation in advertising and encourages critical thinking about media representations.
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Picture Perfect Common Sense Unit 2 Lesson 5 (Cross-Curricular Categories) Information Literacy Self-Image & Identity *Fifth Grade Only*
Learning Objectives Students will be able to ... recognize that photos can be altered digitally, and consider the upsides and downsides of this practice. discuss how photo alteration can distort our perceptions and affect our self-image. analyze how advertising uses photo alteration to help sell products.
Introduction This is what happens when you put food coloring in a lemon!
Introduction What would make this photo real ?
Introduction What would make this photo fake ?
Vocabulary alter: to change the way something looks
Introduction Even though the lemon in this photo isn t real, what do you like about the image?
Introduction Now that you know a computer program made the lemon look colorful, what do you think about the message under the photo? This is what happens when you put food coloring in a lemon!
Introduction What if the photo didn t have anything written underneath it? Do you think it would still trick people? This is what happens when you put food coloring in a lemon!
Vocabulary product: something that a company advertises and sells
Magazine Magic Kelly Clarkson in real life, singing on Good Morning America List the kinds of products you think this magazine will advertise: What kind of message does this magazine cover send about how girls and women should look? How might a girl or woman feel about herself after looking at this magazine?
Magazine Magic List the kinds of products you think this magazine will advertise: What kind of message does this magazine cover send about how men and boys should look? How might a boy or man feel about himself after looking at this magazine?
Assessment 2. If a girl told you that she wanted to look like the girl in Photo 2 what would you tell her?
Wrap-Up What does it mean to alter a photo?
Wrap-Up What are some upsides and downsides of photo altering?
Wrap-Up Why do you think so many photos in magazines and advertisements are altered? How might altering a photo help sell a product?
