Literacy Through Photography

Learning Program Curriculum

About the Curriculum

The Literacy Through Photography (LTP) curriculum began as a guide for teachers and students to bridge the visual art of photography and the literary art of writing in classrooms. The curriculum is based around photography, creative writing, and visual literacy activities that explore four core themes:

  • SELF
  • HOME
  • COMMUNITY
  • DREAMS

Through these lessons, educators and students build their oral and written communication, photography skills, social-emotional learning skills, and creative self-expression.

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Featured 2020 Edition

The 2020 Edition of the LTP Curriculum aligns with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) objectives for English Language Arts (ELA), Fine Arts, and Social Studies set forth by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for grades 3-8. Teaching Artist residencies can also be adapted to ELA, Fine Arts, and Social Studies TEKS objectives in grades K-2 and 9-12. The lessons are also built to develop the five core social and emotional learning competencies outlined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Revisions in the newest edition include:

  • LTP Toolbox – Building foundations in creative writing, photography, and visual literacy
  • 20+ lesson plans with multiple activities written to teach across grade levels K – 12
  • Images from FotoFest exhibiting artists in each lesson

The full curriculum is available for those who attend an LTP Teacher Training held throughout each school year.

Upcoming Spanish Edition 2022

FotoFest is committed to continuously extending learning opportunities to all students in our communities. To broaden Literacy Through Photography’s impact and reach, we are currently translating eight core lessons into Spanish to extend learning to the many Spanish-speaking households we serve. Literacy Through Photography plans to translate the LTP Toolbox and eight lessons from the core themes to broaden the program’s community reach and increase the accessibility of the curriculum. These lessons will be made available for free online and will be used with communities in the Houston Area and online.

Spanish Translation will be available in Spring 2022.

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Other Curricular Companions

To complement FotoFest programming, Literacy Through Photography develops curricular companions, family guides, and other learning materials based on the FotoFest Biennial.

  • African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other Curricular Companion
  • India: Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art Curricular Companion