Get Free Access for 10 Days!
Lesson Plan

Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Exploring Identity

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Exploring Identity lesson plan also includes:

Even without captions, photographs can tell amazing, involved, and complex stories. Viewers analyze two photos, consider what the pictures reveal about the subjects' identity, and determine the social justice issues represented in the images.

1 Collection 196 Views 75 Downloads
Concepts
social justice, social-emotional learning, identity, tolerance, gender, gender equality, self identity, photo stories, photograph analysis, immigration, united states immigration, media analysis, biodiversity, point of view, author's perspective, perspective
Show More Show Less
Additional Tags
social studies
Show More Show Less
Instructional Ideas
  • Have class members shoot their own photos for a gallery walk in which they add post-it notes with suggested captions for each other's pictures
  • Invite a member of the art department to talk about techniques used in photography
Classroom Considerations
  • The first of 12 lessons using photographs to teach social justice
  • Presumes a protocol has been established to permit a safe, respectful discussion of social justice issues
Pros
  • Includes questions to help viewers to closely examine and analyze the images
Cons
  • None