Warwick School District

Course Description

Photography I is an introductory course designed to familiarize students with basic tools, materials, and processes involved in this changing form of visual communication. At Warwick we will study theory and practice photography using an all-digital process. Basic camera handling and operation, exposure concepts, importing, editing, printing, finishing and elements of composition are studied. 

Core Curriculum Content Standards

PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)

• Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

• GRADES 9-10

• Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.(3.5.9-10.A)
• Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.(3.5.9-10.C)
• Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.(3.5.9-10.G)
• Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.(3.5.9-10.H)

• GRADES 11-12

• Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.(3.5.11-12.C)

• Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

• GRADES 9-10

• Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.-Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics(3.6.9-10.B)
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.(3.6.9-10.C)

Sci & Tech - Technology and Engineering Education (2009-2012)

• The Scope of Technology

• GRADE 10

• Examine how technology transfer occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function.(3.4.10.A3)

• GRADE 12

• Describe how management is the process of planning, organizing, and controlling work.(3.4.12.A2)

• Technology and Society

• GRADE 10

• Compare and contrast how the use of technology involves weighing the trade-offs between the positive and negative effects.(3.4.10.B1)
• Recognize that technological development has been evolutionary, the result of a series of refinements to a basic invention.(3.4.10.B4)

• Abilities for a Technological World

• GRADE 10

• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of a final product.(3.4.10.D1)
• Synthesize data, analyze trends, and draw conclusions regarding the effect of technology on the individual, society, and the environment.(3.4.10.D3)

• GRADE 12

• Verify that engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly.(3.4.12.D2)

• The Designed World

• GRADE 10

• Evaluate the purpose and effectiveness of information and communication systems.(3.4.10.E4)
• Illustrate how manufacturing systems may be classified into types such as customized production, batch production, and continuous production.(3.4.10.E6)

• GRADE 12

• Synthesize the effects of information and communication systems and subsystems as an integral part of the development of the Information Age.(3.4.12.E4)

The National Visual Arts Standards (1994)

• Grades 9-12

• Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes(Art.9-12.1)

International Technology Education Association (2007)

• 9-12

• Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology. (ITEA.9-12.2)
• Students will develop the abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems. (ITEA.9-12.12)
• Operate systems so that they function in the way they were designed. (ITEA.9-12.12.O)
• Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies. (ITEA.9-12.17)
• Communication systems are made up of source, encoder, transmitter, receiver, decoder, storage, retrieval, and destination. (ITEA.9-12.17.O)

Units

Unit #1 - Photography as a Visual Communication

Unit #2 - The SLR and Digital Camera

Unit #3 - Digital File Storage

Unit #4 - Using the Camera Creatively

Unit #5 - Using White Balance

Unit #6 - Using Natural Light

Unit #7 - Importing and Editing

Unit #8 - Exposure Basics and Bracketing

Unit #9 - Printing

Unit #10 - Shutter Speed Control

Unit #11 - Depth of Field and Aperture

Unit #12 - Photographic Composition

Unit #13 - Creative Problem Solving-Scenery

Unit #14 - Print Finishing

Unit #15 - Creative Problem Solving-Still Life by Window Light

Unit #16 - Abstract Architecture

Unit #17 - Creative Problem Solving-The Self Portrait

Unit #18 - Advanced Editing Using Photoshop