Is Seeing Believing?
Lesson 4
The web is full of photos, and even videos, that are digitally altered. And it's often hard to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake. Help your students as critical questions about why someone might alter a photo or video in the first place.
Essential Question:
Why do people alter digital photos and videos?
Students will be able to:
Recognize that photos and videos can be altered digitally.
Identify different reasons why someone might alter a photo or video.
Analyze altered photos and videos to try to determine why.
Key Vocabulary
advertising (ad)
messages or photos that are made to persuade someone to buy a certain product
alter
to change the way something looks, sometimes using a computer or other digital tools
persuade
to cause someone to believe something
photo retouching
digital alteration of a photo to enhance the way someone looks (removing of wrinkles, clearing of skin, changing their body, etc.)
