Education Standards
K-6th scope & sequence
Evaluating Resources- grade 1
Overview
Students will look at images and determine how they have been altered. Discuss why someone might alter photographs that are online.
Lesson Title: Evaluating Resources
Overview
Students will look at images and determine how they have been altered. Discuss why someone might alter photographs that are online.
Grade
First Grade
Duration
20 minutes
Standards and Learning Objectives
Washington State Ed Tech Standards:
3.b. With guidance from an educator, students become familiar with age-appropriate criteria for evaluating digital content.
Washington State ELA Standards:
W.6. With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
W.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Formative Assessment
Teacher will observe the discussion and make adjustments to student understanding as needed.
Materials
- Pictures of photoshopped or altered images from websites – share the explanations of the images after showing the pictures to see if kids can figure out what the purpose of the photos is.
From https://fstoppers.com/composite/dad-poses-his-children-out-world-images-using-photoshop-270909
These images were created by a man who was learning photoshop and had a sense of humor. He tried to create images in a way that weren’t real but could look like they were. He frequently uses his family for his pictures.
These images were created by a dad who thought it would be funny to put his kids’ artwork into real life which is how the animals look funny but are in an actual photo.
- Smartboard or similar to share images
- Magazines to create their own “photoshopped” images
- Crayons, colored pencils or markers
- Glue and construction paper
Background
There are many images on the internet that are real but may be altered in some way. Begin a discussion showing students how to start determining whether images are real or modified.
Procedure
Step 1
Begin the lesson by showing students images on websites such as Britannica that have not been altered as a review from kindergarten. Discuss what they are seeing and how they might be helpful to a website.
Step 2
Then show students websites with altered photographs. Lead a discussion about what they observe. Ask these questions…
What do you notice?
Why might someone do something like this to pictures?
When might you see pictures like these?
What do we need to do to make sure we don’t believe what we are looking at?
Step 3
Pass out magazines, paper and glue and scissors. In either pairs or on their own, students will create their own “photoshopped” pictures. Find a background image. The find an animal or person that doesn’t fit (example: person walking a dog in an aquarium). Glue images together to create a “photoshopped” picture. Share with the class.
Table Sample {H1}
Do not use tables for formatting content. Do not forget to add alt text to table.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
data | data | data |
data | data | data |
data | data | data |
data | data | data |
Image Sample
Image by WikiImages from Pixabay
Notes
- Do not hit enter button to add spaces between objects – adjust the paragraph spacing
- Always use Styles – modify font/color/size to suit but adjust from style menu
- Use headers in correct order – e.g. do not start with header 3
- Any image/icon/piece of content that is not your original work needs to be used with permission – either via an open license or written permission from the copyright holder – and properly attributed.