Objectives:
Give students a "job" like experience and let them show off there work.
Application of skills learned.

Requirements:
Photo editing program (Photoshop, Gimp, etc....)

Resources:
Stock Exchange ( sxc.hu ): A free (mostly) stock quality photos.

Directions:
Have students look through the given set of photos. I used the above site, my personal photos, and students photos.
Have student sketch (pencil and paper) three different ideas. This is a rough sketch to help the teacher and student understand what the student is trying to do. Download thumbnails of the images from sxc.hu or what ever image you are using.
Create a rough draft of each poster.
Have a review committee select the poster that they will take on to their final draft. (The teacher, the class, someone else.)
Have the students create a rough draft of the chosen poster with full quality pictures used.
Have students review each others work and provide 2 things that they like about each poster and one suggestion.
Have students submit a 1st draft to the teacher after they have made the revisions.
Review the poster with the students.
Students submit a final draft.
Several places will print poster sized prints if the image quality is large enough. Costco, Walmart.com, snapfish.com, shutterfly.com, photoaccess.com, etc...