Blog TOPIC #12: Before Lesson 6

Photograph by : Leah Millis
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45149992#.TuOqjlYySd4

• Why did you select this work of art?

I chose this photograph for its intensity and because of the amount of activity and emotion in the image. 

• Why do you believe it is appropriate for your students, considering their age, stage, interests, and abilities?

I think that this photograph will be appropriate for my students even though it is photojournalism because it does allow for a wide range of interpretation and it allows for narrative. My students are upper level high school students and I would say Stage II viewers. I think that my students will be able to relate to the emotion and urgency in the image.  

• In what way do you believe it will challenge your students?

I hope that my students are challenged by how open to interpretation the image is.

• What features/aspects of the work of art and its narrative do you believe students will notice? What might intrigue them?

I think that my students will notice the intense emotion of the central figure. I think that my students will also notice all of the activity going on around the central figure. I think that my students might be intrigued by emotional impact of the image.