ELA and Social Studies Lessons

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Mexican Art History and AI Image Classification

Author: Antonio Duran

This lesson asks students to learn the differences between styles of two famous Mexican artists, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and then recreate their own version and test it using a pre-trained model to see if they can accurately recreate the style of each painter. 

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Pre-trained Frida/Rivera differentiation model

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Artwork Image Classification (teacher: Antonio Duran)

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Visualizing Literature Through AI Text-to-Image

Author: Sam Young

Students use a text-to-image generator to explore visual characteristics of a main character in a novel.

Standard: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums

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Visualizing Literature Through AI

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Middle East Water Conflict

Author: Cody Arrington

After reading three source texts, students write a claim supported with evidence about why water is causing conflict in the Middle East, then use Pixlr to create a visual representation of the water issues in the Middle East. 

Standard: Explain the impact of environmental issues across Southwest Asia 

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Visualizing African Population and Trade

Author: Derek McVey

Compare and contrast regions of Africa and use AI art to help visualize the differences.

Standard: Learn about the physical characteristics of the Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, and tropical rainforest regions of Africa; Understand how these physical characteristics affect where and how people live and how they trade throughout each region.

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Propaganda creation with GenAI

Author: Bradley Mucha

Using World War II propaganda as analysis and inspiration, students use a generative AI image tool to create their own verson of propaganda 

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Word Related Images with GenAI

Author: Matthew Scilley

Students explore definitions of common vocabulary words and use a generative AI tool to create imagery related to that word

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Character Room Design in Tinkercad

Author: Natalie Worthington

Students design a hypothetical room for a character in a novel. This activity focuses on descriptive writing and making sure that students are being specific with their instructions and has a bonus reflection partner activity.

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Design an alter for Day of the Dead using Tinkercad

Author: Edna Morales

Using introductory 3D design skills, students design their own alter for Day of the Dead using Tinkercad

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Time Travel Photo Op

Author: Dustin Brockman

Students use image editing software and a generative AI image tool to create a historically accuate image of themselves in a different time period. 

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Modern vs Medieval Architecture classification with computer vision

Author: Audrey Stoner

Students test a pre-trained model to see if it can distinguish between modern and medieval architecture

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Consumerism, Fast Fashion, and AI classification

Author: Natalie Worthington

Students learn about fast fashion and consumerism and then use an existing fashion data set to experiment with image classification

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