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QCA

Geography at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 12: Images of a country
Section 2: What feelings does the photographer create in the observer?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to use various strategies for analysing photographs
  • to project themselves into a photo scene

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Ask pupils to work in pairs to tabulate positive and negative images from a set of photographs. Ask them to keep a note of their responses for this and the following activity.
  • Using the same set of photographs, ask each pupil to talk about their favourite photograph to the others in the group: 'I like this one because...'.
  • Using a photograph which shows a number of people, ask pupils to identify with one particular person shown and to imagine themselves in that role in the five minutes leading up to the photograph being taken. Ask them to act out their individual role in their group.
  • draw out positive and negative aspects of an image
  • communicate their own ideas and feelings about an image

Points to note

  • Laminating photographs helps them last longer.

Sections in this unit

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1. What are these places like?
2. What feelings does the photographer create in the observer?
3. What messages are given?
4. Who has chosen these views? Why these views?
5. Do the photographs tell the whole story about a place?