In order to help in conducting effective lessons, you may want to incorporate graphic organizers that will help students chunk and organize various levels of learning.

• OPTIC:

-Overview: Brief overview of the content of visual.  What is the subject?  What strikes you as interesting, odd, etc?  What is happening?

-Part: Look at each part of the image and note details that seem important.  Who are the figures?  What is the setting and time period?  What symbols are present?

-Title:  How does the title relate to what is portrayed?

-Interrelationships:  How are the different elements related?  How are the parts related both to one another and to the painting/picture as a whole?

-Conclusion:  Form a conclusion about the meaning /theme of the piece.  What is the main idea that the image offers?

• SOAPStonE: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone, Evidence
• Frayer Model Chart
• Four Square Organizer
• PERSIAN
• GRAPES
• Snapshops of History