Theme Ideas

Urban vs. Rural
Solitude vs. ____
Private vs. Public
....to be continued

Curriculum & Resources: Understanding Multiracial America — YES! Magazine

Powerful. Covers a lot of aspects - reading, writing, video, images, etc.
Curriculum & Resources: Understanding Multiracial America — YES! Magazine

Visual Learning: Paper Cranes for Peace — YES! Magazine

Beautiful full encompassing idea.
Visual Learning: Paper Cranes for Peace — YES! Magazine

Visual Learning: Are You Really What You Wear? — YES! Magazine

This is an interesting concept for Edina, and any teenager. Teach around Homecoming or Prom
Visual Learning: Are You Really What You Wear? — YES! Magazine

Visual Learning: Self Portrait in Waste — YES! Magazine

Interesting expression of symbolic self-portrait. This is Chris Jordan (show in THINK post below).
Visual Learning: Self Portrait in Waste — YES! Magazine

Bearing Witness: Chris Jordan on Art, Grief, and Transformation by Brooke Jarvis — YES! Magazine

Photographer Chris Jordan’s latest project left him feeling grief and hopelessness. Now he wants more people to discover how productive those emotions can be.
Bearing Witness: Chris Jordan on Art, Grief, and Transformation by Brooke Jarvis — YES! Magazine

THINK

I picked up a copy of Lisa Bloom's book, THINK: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, and haven't been able to put it down since I started reading it (well, except when I took a short nap, BUT that was only because I didn't get very much sleep at yearbook camp). I am astounded by the problems in America and how out of touch its citizens are. We coddle kids and push them along the system in our failing school system. Women's perceptions and priorities are distorted. It brought up the point that breast augmentations are rapidly becoming a popular high school graduation present. Ugh. How devastating. It referred to the fact that every, every celebrity image in magazines are Photoshop-ed, which made me think of Adam Turman's TED video talking about his photography that touches on this issue.
My goal for this semester is make my students smarter about what's happening in the world. To make them aware of their decisions and how their artwork and photography can expose these twisted realities. Turman's work would be wonderful to study in class, whether it was for ethics or how photographers show social issues.