Photography Teachers Lounge

Welcome to the teachers section of the SCPhoto site. New and old teachers of photography will find tips and curriculum resources collected from 28 years of teaching photography in grades 9 - adult. We welcome your addition to this page and encourage you to use the submit a tip link below to add material to the site (after it is reviewed by Keith).

Classroom Handouts

These are MS Word documents or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) you can use in your class. Download them and edit as needed. No copywrite except that these should not be sold or put on another web site without permission.

• ApptitudeTest.doc - This is a little trick test given the first day of class to emphasize the need to follow instructions
• BasicsOfPhotography.doc - Notes that will have some suggestions for anyone new to photography
• CompositionQuiz.doc - A quiz on the rules of composition.
• ClassOutline.doc - Outline of the projects and assignments used in basic photo class
• ClassObjectives.doc - Expected Student Learning Results chart of what students should learn
• Exposure_Worksheet.doc - this is for a project that students do as a group to see what development does to the quality of a photograph.
• Day_3 Lesson.doc - Lesson plan for 3rd day of class
• Day_2_Lesson.doc
• Day _4_Lesson.doc
• FILM_TIME_CHART.doc - A chart with development times for different developers
• Field_Trip_Form.doc - signed by parents before the class starts this is used to let students leave class for pictures
• Final_Exam _Notes.doc - what should I study for the final
• FiltersQuiz.doc a quiz on filters for black and white photography
• History_Treasurehunt.doc - A set of questions for students to search the web for answers
• History_questionnaire.doc - this is a group project history questionnaire
• History_Info_sheet.doc - this is a time line for history study in class
• Group_Comp_evaluation.doc - the 5th day of class we used this assignment for evaluating pictures
• PhotoCompEval.doc - another form used for evaluating photographs
• Photo_Test.doc Second test in the basic photo class
• Photo_I_Project.doc - a list of all the projects used in the basic photo class
• Lighting_quiz.doc - a quiz on lighting and types of lighting
• Prizewinningphoto.doc - what does it take to get a prize winning photo
• Test_1Photo.doc - First test in class
• Storybook_grade_report.doc - grade form used for storybook photo assignment
• Quiz_one_day_5.doc
• quiz_on_light.doc - Quiz on light
• Quiz1_Parts_camera.doc - Quiz on parts of a camera from the 2nd day of class
• Quiz-camr_prt.doc - another quiz on camera parts

This web site was created with a passion for helping first my own students and then for helping photography teachers like myself with a resource that will help them teach better. I am now retired from full time work at Santa Cruz High and plan on making additions to this site. If you have enjoyed the site your donations would be a joy to me, but, the site is intended to be free of charge and free of ads for your enjoyment. Thanks.