FIELDWORK &  

Through  COMMUNITY PARTNERS 

● Museum of Photographic Arts 

My Lens 
● Outside the Lens 
● New Americans Museum 

 
A study of community 
SKILLS DEVELOPED 
through photography 
● Social/Emotional 
● Community Building 
● Critical Reading 
● Narrative Writing 
● Photography 

STANDARDS COVERED 
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3 
○ Write narratives to develop 
real or imagined experiences 
or events using effective 
technique, descriptive details, 
and clear event sequences. 
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.5 
 
○ Develop and strengthen 
writing as needed by 
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: 
planning, revising, and 
editing. 
● How can we use photography to  ● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1 
capture who our friends are?  ○ Engage effectively in a range 
of collaborative discussions 
● What does photography teach us 
(one-on-one, in groups, and 
about multiple perspectives?  teacher-led) with diverse 
● How can we build community  partners, building on others' 
through photography?  ideas and expressing their 
own clearly. 
● What “snap shots” capture who we  ● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 
are?  ○ Describe in depth a 
  character, setting, or event in 
a story or drama, drawing on 
specific details in the text 
  (e.g., a character's thoughts, 
words, or actions).