Images

//Post ideas for using art, images, and photos in the world language classroom here.toc//

=Images=


 * Examples:**
 * [|Brand Name Alphabet]
 * [|They Still Draw Pictures] - Drawings made by French and Spanish school children during the Spanish Civil War
 * [|The Visual Front] - Propaganda posters from the Spanish Civil War
 * [|A Spanish Civil War Photo Essay] - Actual photos taken of the people and politics of the Spanish Civil War
 * [|Baobab trees damaged by elephants] - Photo used with //The Little Prince//
 * [|Elephant stripping bark from a baobab tree] - Photo used with //The Little Prince//
 * [|Colors Magazine] - A great source of images for bulletin boards, available in just about any language. Be sure to preview and cut out what you want to use as each issue often contains content inappropriate for the classroom


 * Books that combine images with text effectively**
 * [|El secreto en la caja de fósforos]
 * [|Ma première encyclopédie en autocollants: Le moyen age]
 * [|The Pet Dragon: A Story About Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters]
 * [|Vegetal como eres]

Arabic

 * [|Arabic] - General images related to Arabic culture


 * [|Arabic Food]


 * [|Arabic Interpretive Communication] - Objects and signs with Arabic writing on them


 * [|Arabic People & Professions]

Chinese

 * [|China]


 * [|Chinese Characters]


 * [|Chinese Culture]


 * [|Chinese Food]


 * [|Chinese New Year]


 * [|Chinese People]

French

 * [|French]

German

 * [|German]

Japanese

 * [|Japanese]

Russian

 * [|Russian]

Spanish

 * [|Food from Spanish-speaking Countries]


 * [|Photos for Spanish Teachers]


 * [|Spanish Art]

=Lesson Plans=

Practicing Gustar, Interesar and Aburrir - Drawing activity user:SarahPcat

Practicing Present Perfect and the Future tense - Pictures of Detroit user:gutier50

= **Resources** =

[|Art and Spanish] - A wiki containing links to a variety of handouts and materials for a unit on Picasso designed for beginning Spanish students that contains many communicative activities and projects

[|Art in the Foreign Language Classroom] - An extensive collection of postings from FLTEACH re: ideas for using art in the world language classroom. Contains lots of ideas specific to Spanish-speaking artists, but applicable to all languages

Art Links - This is an AMAZING link that has lots of links to other cool sites. A lot of the sites combine technology and art. user:emilylewis

[|Teaching Spanish Art] - The 1st in a 3-part series from FLTEACH on ideas for hands-on activities for teaching about Spanish-speaking art and artists.

[|Teaching Spanish Art (Continued)] - The 2nd of a 3-part series from FLTEACH on ideas for -on activities for teaching about Spanish-speaking art and artists.

[|Teaching Spanish Art (Continued, From Picasso on)] - The last of a 3-part series from FLTEACH detailing hands-on ideas for teaching about Spanish-speaking art and artists

[] - Cherice's bookmarks on art and foreign language

=Tools=

- Links to a variety of websites with copyright-friendly images from Springfield Township High School's Virtual Library

 - A database of culturally authentic Creative Commons images, organized by language and topic

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"> - Search for Flickr photos with <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Creative Commons licenses]

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"> - A Flickr group dedicated to collecting images for language teaching and learning

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"> - A collection of photos in the public domain

- Royalty free images for classroom use from a variety of countries

- Has lots of professional photos from Spanish-speaking countries--look for the terms of use--standard license means you can use it in your PowerPoints and etc. Sometimes you just need to notify the photographer (using the comments feature)