July 4, 2008Fallen AngelEvery Monday through Friday, News Snapshot features a newsworthy and provocative photo from The New York Times, along with the basic set of questions answered by journalists when relaying the news-- who, what, where, when, why and how. TODAY'S PHOTO
Metropolitan Museum of Art
TODAY'S QUESTIONS
WHO was Andrea della Robbia?WHAT does the sculpture look like? WHERE in the museum has the sculpture been displayed? WHEN was the sculpture commissioned? WHEN previously had another work of art fallen and broken at the Met?WHY do museum experts believe that the damage to the della Robbia sculpture is reparable? WHY are such artworks important to preserve?HOW did the sculpture fall?PAST SNAPSHOTSArchive |
PROCEDURES FOR CLASSROOM USE1. Print out copies of the student handout for your class (1 per pupil). 2. Print out the teacher's page, which includes answers to the News Snapshot questions and a link to the related article. 3. Distribute the student's page, and ask students to use their knowledge of current events, the picture and the quotation as clues to answer the questions on the page. 4. Review the answers as a class. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIESThere are many ways that you can extend the use of News Snapshots in your classroom. Try some of the suggested activities below: Read and discuss a New York Times article related to that day's Snapshot.Create a weekly News Snapshot bulletin board in the classroom.Use the Snapshots to create a weekly news quiz.Have each student select the most interesting News Snapshot from that week and follow the story for another week, creating a poster for the classroom using important photos, headlines and phrases from these news stories.Have each student create his or her own News Snapshot by choosing an interesting photograph from the newspaper, reading the related article, and creating a series of questions and answers based on the photograph. Students can also find Web sites related to the Snapshots chosen. |
