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 * Description of the content area and the student Population **

The yearbook attempts to capture the spirit and energy of the school, and convey it through text and images. We'll learn about book and page design, photography, feature story writing and media ethics. Students work as a team to produce a full-color print yearbook. Although this is a high school course, the yearbook features all of the students in the school, from pre-kindergarten to high school.

This class has both face to face meetings and online meetings. Students in grades 9 or 10 may take this class to satisfy the design technology requirement. Students in grades 11 or 12 may earn community service credits for working on the yearbook.

In the I.B. design technology courses, students are expected to solve problems through the creation of technological products or solutions, using the technology design cycle. If a student attended an I.B. school in the 7th or 8th grade years, they will have been required to take a design technology course, and will have been exposed to the design cycle.

Generally, the real-world authenticity of the project helps students to feel that the content of the class is relevant. When the yearbook is delivered at the end of the year, it is a major event, and the staff is finally acknowledged and appreciated for the year's work.

Students who are dedicated to yearbook often feel a sense of community responsibility, and want to produce a work that showcases their time in school. It is of particular interest to students who want to pursue careers in graphic design, photography, broadcast news, or multi-media.

**The Problem or Task**

The task is how to see the world as a documentary photographer or photojournalism. The students' problem is how to take and edit photographs as a means of storytelling and narrative. The students will progress in difficulty from the single storytelling photo as the base level assignment, and progressing to multi-picture storytelling that tells a more complex story.

An example of a single storytelling photo would be classroom candids. A mid-level might be three photos in a series that demonstrates a sequence of events. An example of a more advanced assignment could be a series of photos documenting a entire season, from the first day of practice, to mid-season, to the game winning touchdown and win the state championship. An another example of a series of photos could be the drama production, from auditions, to rehearsals, to the final performance and applause.

Students are assumed to have prerequisite skills such as basic composition, and understanding of exposure and lighting.

**Student Population**

The student/learner population are freshmen and sophomore high school students in the yearbook class **. **

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