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Objective: Today we will start working on a photovoice project. First we are going to practice interpreting stories from pictures and using pictures to tell certain messages. We are going to learn a framework for analyzing and categorizing photos called SHOWeD.
Warm-Up: Abstract Photo (10 minutes)
Engage: Photo Album (30 minutes)
Core Activity: Introduction to SHOWeD (30 minutes)
CORE ACTIVITY: Introduction to SHOWeD framework (30 minutes)
Materials: SHOWeD worksheet. Facilitator should select a photograph ahead of time from internet / magazine / newspaper that relates to the focus issue that the group has chosen.
- Pass out worksheet.
- Today we are going to learn a method for analyzing photographs, called “SHOWeD”. This is an acronym, with each of the letters standing for a different part of the analysis. Ask students to read aloud each part of the framework: What do you See? What is Happening here? How does this story affect Our lives? Why are things this way? How could this photo educate people? What can we Do about this?
- Explain/define any parts of the framework that are confusing.
- As a group, discuss the answers to these questions and notice similarities and differences between peoples’ responses.
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