Using Pictures to Tell a Story
(Trekking Through the Green Abyss)
Central Middle School in Eden Prairie.
Geography
8.
Theme: Using pictures to tell a story.
Grade Level: Middle School level, 7th and 8th.
Title: “ Trekking Through the Green Abyss”
Overview: Getting students to interpret pictures that tell a story. Often, pictures are used as a supplement to a story. This time the idea is to examine the pictures to find out what the story is about, without reading the article.
Time: 1.5 days
Subject: Geography, Social Studies
Required Materials: National Geographic, March 2001. Article: “Trekking Through the Green Abyss”. Accompanying (TrekGreen) worksheet.
Objectives: 1. Students will be able to tell a story in their own words using pictures. 2. Students will be able to apply the five themes to new learning.
Suggested Procedure:
Opening; put pictures up that students are very familiar with and have them tell the story behind it. Examples of pictures might be Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech, or a picture of the moon landing etc. Use any picture that the majority of students will recognize.
Development; Using the worksheet as a guide, have students go through the pictures and identify the five themes while answering the questions.
Closing; Students will share their interpretations in small groups.
Assessment: Collect the worksheets and rotate through the room while kids are telling their stories.
Definitions: This lesson focuses on pictures instead of words.
Web links: See National Geographic web site.
Standards: This lesson incorporates the following National Geography Standards. One, four, six, fourteen, and eighteen.
Discussion Questions: Refer to worksheet.
Extension: Open up options for reading the whole article and defining words that are unclear.
Credits:
Anna Hoppe, Lindsay Gaida, Tamara Sather
Central Middle School in Eden Prairie.
Geography
8.