CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES

I think that the course adequately — and this is a testament to the 100cameras curriculum — but it adequately sets youth up to have a stronger voice for whatever it is that they feel the world needs to know. They're leaving with more concrete goals and hope, but also now with plans to actually make those goals, hopes, and dreams come to fruition.

 It’s everything I expected and even more, and I’m very thankful that they’ve had access to such an experience like this.

-Amit Khatkhate, Teacher at DRW College Prep, Chicago USA 2019

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

The 100cameras Curriculum is designed to provide an immersive experience for youth worldwide to learn how to process and tell their stories through photography, inspiring creative expression, teaching personal development, and equipping a local community narrative.

The student’s unique story and perspective accompanied by their ability to process and express their thoughts and feelings in new ways as it relates to their past and their future is revealed through interactive storytelling photo activities, our photographer’s tool-belt class sessions, writing and photography assignments, and field expeditions in the participant’s community.

Additionally, this course results in a complete portfolio from each student which empowers them to share their stories on both an individual and community level and to, furthermore, make an impact in their community.

OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

COMMUNITY INTEGRATION

  • Discuss other programs happening worldwide with other students, and ultimately discuss the community impact that each student created and invite students to do the same. 

  • Recognize their individual responsibility for achieving the program’s goals. 

  • Understand how their photography work will contribute to processing and expressing their perspectives and telling the stories of their individual lives and communities.

PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS

  • Understand camera basics, including how to turn the camera on and off and how to take a photo.

  • Cite examples of photography techniques and concepts during course activities. 

  • Articulate the feelings and thoughts elicited from photographic techniques used in various photos. 

  • Understand and demonstrate a mastery of photography tool-belt techniques including composition, exposure, aperture, portraiture, self-portraiture, and captioning. 

  • Integrate concepts and compositional techniques to create visually strong photographs with a personal voice. 

  • Critique professional, peer, and personal photographs using photography concepts. 

  • Articulate a deeper understanding of how each photography technique contributes to their work. 

WRITING SKILLS

  • Employ effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences to develop a written narrative of real experiences or events. 

  • Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Identify how to evoke and interpret a complex array of emotions through imagery. 

  • Learn how to process and communicate complex emotions through photography.

  • Identify characteristics about themselves, their emotions, and their goals. 

  • Explore their past, present, future, and how they currently relate to each one. 

  • Learn to express themselves consciously through both writing and photography.

  • Thoughtfully communicate an integrated personal story through both writing and photography. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  • Examine the concept that they are members of a community. 

  • Identify and describe characteristics of their community and surroundings.

  • Identify narrative(s) about their community and surroundings that they desire to share.

  • Express their relationship and connection to their community and surroundings. 

INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Examine the concept of worldwide community. 

  • Identify and describe characteristics of other cultures in a non-judgmental way.

  • Express respect and positive regard for other individuals.

  • Discuss their own cultural story and articulate it to others.

INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Express themselves clearly during group discussion with a well-thought out response. 

  • Understand the concept of group assignments, requiring them to be responsible for their work as part of the whole.

  • Show respect and empathy when engaging with others’ work. 

  • Exhibit good listening skills and engage others in the group discussion. 

COURSE OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will have created a beginner photo portfolio and journal that documents their life and their surroundings in their community and environment. Students will have received knowledge that empowers and launches a personal journey of communicating their unique points-of-view, ideas, emotions, and the stories of their past, present, and future that they want to tell through words and images.

COURSE OUTLINE

Through interactive lectures, camera and photo activities, and group discussions, our curriculum utilizes the three key benchmarks of composition, photography, and storytelling to teach the following lessons:

  1. Introduction: Get to know the camera and each other

  2. Composition Techniques: Storytelling is an important piece in photography

  3. Camera Tool-belt Techniques: How to take great pictures and feel confident

  4. Range of Feelings: Oh! All the emotions that can be expressed and communicated

  5. Something of Me: A time to explore the personal narrative 

  6. Map My Story: Process the past, reflect on the present, and look to the future

  7. Portraiture: An art form to express an idea, story, emotion, perspective, or self-view

  8. Your Role in the World: Create central themes to tell big picture stories; graduation celebration

COURSE STANDARDS

  • 100cameras provides all education standardized tools needed to ensure that the proper and thorough student assessment of outcomes and measurements is accomplished in its entirety.

  • Now tested in a diverse set of over 45 communities worldwide, our approach and curriculum is trusted, vetted, and ensures the students and community are protected participants — and ultimately, are being uplifted and celebrated through narrative and sense of self in a safe space with no judgment or expectation.

  • Curriculum meets educational standards and modules. 

  • All legal structures and processes are in place to ensure the protection and safety of minors (and their work and stories) as well as to maintain the integrity of the mission and the local partner organization. 

  • Above all else, 100cameras is committed to always learning, evolving, and pivoting any and all curriculum components with each passing year based upon experience provided through our program and student partners worldwide.

The above overview and the 100cameras curriculum, approach, methodology, objectives, and lesson plans and structure as outlined here, but not limited to, are protected under United States copyright and trademark law. 

Through our partnership application process, we are committed to providing the curriculum, tools, training needed as well as any additional support before, during, and after program completion.