Foundations
Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy is the ability to 'read' and extract meaning from architectural structures (buildings), artifacts, and works of art. Objects can reveal quite a bit about the time and people that were involved in their creation.
Getting Started
Complete this exercise: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words with Bloom's Taxonomy. Write your responses to the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Exercise
Use the visual literacy found at the following website: Seeing Art in a Historical Context: An Activity to Promote Visual Literacy (Smithsonian)-- the worksheet is on page 2.
Find an example of a visual source that might be used during this course (i.e. something before 1500 CE). Below is a list of possible artifacts you might find. Complete the worksheet above for the artifact you found.
Visual Literacy Strategies
Getting Started
Complete this exercise: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words with Bloom's Taxonomy. Write your responses to the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Exercise
Use the visual literacy found at the following website: Seeing Art in a Historical Context: An Activity to Promote Visual Literacy (Smithsonian)-- the worksheet is on page 2.
Find an example of a visual source that might be used during this course (i.e. something before 1500 CE). Below is a list of possible artifacts you might find. Complete the worksheet above for the artifact you found.
- Advertisements
- Avatars
- Buildings
- Cartoons
- Charts
- Collages
- Comic books
- Diagrams
- Dioramas
- Graphic Novels
- Graphs
- Icons
- Illustrated Books
- Magazines
- Maps
- Money and Coins
- Multimedia Presentations
- Paintings
- Photos
- Pictograms
- Political cartoons
- Signs
- Statues
- Storyboards
- Symbols
- Tables
- Timelines
- Videos
- Websites
Visual Literacy Strategies
Archaeology
Space Archaeology, Part 1
Space Archaeology, Part 2
Google Earth Exercise
After viewing the video about space archaeology, now it is your turn. Find at least three of the places listed below using Google Earth. Then conduct a brief search on the Internet. List 3 interesting facts about each site that you learned through this activity.
Space Archaeology, Part 2
Google Earth Exercise
After viewing the video about space archaeology, now it is your turn. Find at least three of the places listed below using Google Earth. Then conduct a brief search on the Internet. List 3 interesting facts about each site that you learned through this activity.
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Old World
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New World
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