Use Strategies to Support Integration of Visual Materials

Use Strategies to Support Integration of Visual

Materials

• Consists of four graphic organizers

• Integrates visuals and other texts

• Provides scaffolding via prompting

questions

• Focuses on both basic

understanding and higher-level

thinking

All-Learner Visual Curriculum

The following four slides display the

four graphic organizers in the all-

learner visual literacy curriculum.

All-Learner Visual Literacy Strategies

Visual Literacy for All Learners

Focus: ________________________________________________

Using the questions below, read the visual image to label the most important features.

1) Where is _________________________?

2) Where is _________________________?

3) Where is _________________________?

4) Where is ______________________?

5) Where is ______________________?

6) Where is ______________________?

Labeling

Who

Actions

Whom or what

How

Summarize the Picture or Write a Caption

Visual Literacy for All Learners

Reading for Content-Visuals with Action

Consult other sources if the information is not in the picture and its title.

When WhereBased on the picture, when did this happen?

Based on the picture, where is this?

Who is in the picture? What are they doing?

How are they doing these things?

To whom or what are they doing this?

Who

What

Summarize the Picture or Write a Caption

____________________________________

____________________________________

____________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________________

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Visual Literacy for All Learners

Reading for Content-Visuals with No Action

______________________________________

Consult other sources if the information is not in the picture and its title.

When WhereBased on the picture, when did this happen?

Based on the picture, where is this?

Who is in the picture?

What is in the picture?

Objects Structures Places

Visual Literacy for All Learners

Reading for Analysis to Understand Why

Explaining Cause and Effect

What questions did reading the visual raise about cause and effect?

Q1

Q2

Q3

Organizing Information for Understanding Cause and Effect

Use the questions generated below to consult other sources for more information.

ProcessCause

Which people acted? What caused them to act?

What actions and methods did people use?

Effect

Explain the results (what caused something to happen, what resulted, what was the effect?)

Visual literacy for all Learners

Reading for Interpretation to assess significance

Assessing Impact

Organizing information for Assessing Impact

Raise questions and consult other sources for more information.

Long-term impact

Short-term impact

How were people affected at the time? How were people

affected over time?

Assess the impact of the topic studied on history and you. Explain its significance.

Making historical

connections

How does this topic connect to other historical events and other topics studied?

Making personal

connections

How does this topic connect to your life and experience?

• Focus: Ethnic Neighborhood in Chicago

Examples

Picket fence Men wearing caps

American flag House with flagsNorwegian flag

Visual Literacy for All Learners

Focus: An Ethnic Neighborhood

Using the questions below, read the visual image to label the most important features.

1) Where is American flag ?

2) Where is Norwegian flag ?

3) Where are men wearing caps ?

4) Where is sidewalk ?

5) Where is picket fence ?

6) Where are house with flags ?

Labeling

Sidewalk

Men wearing caps

American flag House with flagsNorwegian flag

Visual Literacy for All Learners

Focus: ________________________________________________

Using the questions below, view the visual image to label the most important features.

1) Where is American flag ?

2) Where is Norwegian flag ?

3) Where are men wearing caps ?

4) Where is sidewalk ?

5) Where is picket fence ?

6) Where are house with flags ?

LabelingLabel Critical Features

Gentleman’s cane Lady’s fur coat

Stone ledge Wood doorChild

Visual Literacy for All Learners

Focus: Immigrants

Using the questions below, read the visual image to label the most important features.

1) Where is child_________________?

2) Where is lady’s fur coat_________?

3) Where is gentleman’s cane_______?

4) Where is men with hat___________?

5) Where is wood door_____________?

6) Where is stone ledge_____________?

Labeling

Man with hat

Offer flexible opportunities for demonstrating skill

Alternative means of action and expression

Student-chosen photo

Hybrid of print texts and visuals

Italicized words

Visuals support preview of vocabulary

Offer choices of visuals

to enhance learning

Another Example: Chicago Stockyards

Primary source photos

Primary source document (a visitor’s pass)

A cartoon