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Photographic Memories

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Explore how photographs can represent a whole story to a viewer. Middle schoolers work on narrative writing techniques in this lesson plan, focusing on photographs from the New York Times to write first-person descriptive narratives....
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Being a Photojournalist

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Tell a story with images. Learners view several photojournalistic photos before agreeing on a message to convey with their own photo stories. In small groups, they take and select photos to include in their final project.
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The Impact of an Image

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Participate in National Photo Month by creating newspapers with an emphasis on photography.
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Pictures from Korea: Shards of an Almost Forgotten Past

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the Korean War through photography. In this Korean War lesson, students examine photographs taken by a soldier and respond to question about them.
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Compare Present Day Photographs to Historical Photographs from the Museum's Collection

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss photojournalism and then compare present day to historical photographs. They discuss how photos capture daily life and historical events, compare historic photos to those seen today, then take and make a photo book...
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Teaching with Primary Sources Across Tennessee

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine Gee's Bend Alabama. In this resettlement lesson, students view a series of photographs taken of Gee's Bend Alabama. Students will write a series of newspaper articles based on the images, that exemplify the evolution of...
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Civil War Photojournalism: A Record of War

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students view photographs of the Civil War. In this photojournalism lesson, students look at Mathew Brady's photographs of the Civil War. They discover the evolution of photographic equipment and analyze Civil War photographs. 
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Photo Safari

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students take photographs of people and things that impact their lives. In this photojournalism lesson plan, students learn how to use a photo to tell a story and present their project.
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Law & Ethics for Photojournalists

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify and discuss First Amendment rights, examine how to make sound legal judgements regarding photographs of private individuals, examine difference between public and private figures as far as libel law is concerned,...
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W. Eugene Smith: Photojournalism and Compassion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the work of the photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. They analyze photo-essays by Smith, construct a pinhole camera, and create their own photo-essay.
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Photojournalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students choose a historical or present-day event to portray through photographs. They narrate this event with photographs and text to communicate its significance in history or our current daily lives.
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Photojournalism And Creating A Layout

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain an idea of how a photographer prepares and shoots a photo story. They explore how to use Pagemaker and lay out a story for the newspaper. They see the powerful effect that photography can have on news stories.
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A Picture Changes 1000 Minds

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students choose a Times photograph and write a brief essay explaining what they think is happening in the photograph and how it makes them feel. They select and analyze photographs depicting events in the Balkans and create a news photo...
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Picture Perfect

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how photographic images can be used to convey the intentions of the photographer based on Hiroji Kubota's photojournalistic show "Can We Feed Ourselves? A Focus on Asia"
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Civil War Photography Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore photographs from the Civil War Era. In this Civil War lesson, students consider how photography impacted public opinion of the war as they analyze the provided photographs and discuss the evolution of early photography.
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The Basics of Photography

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify the importance of photography as an entry into the news, good photo taking skills, and the appreciation of photo aesthetics. In this photography lesson, students identify the 'Rosetta Stone' of photography skills and...
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Through the Viewfinder: Learning to Think Like a Professional News Photographer

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the skills for photo composition to become quality photojournalists. In this photojournalism lesson, students cut out photographs from magazines and decide on the best ones, as well as determine what makes them good....
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Making Photo Essays Easy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars generate ideas about what makes a good story and a good photograph then place them together to create a photo essay. In this photo essay lesson, students assemble random photos into a story, select the best photos, and...
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Rhetoric and War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between rhetoric and war. In this history of war instructional activity, students analyze paintings, photographs, movies, and articles that paint an opinionated picture of war. Students discuss their...
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Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine images from newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. In this photojournalism lesson, students analyze a photograph using the elements and principles of art then create a photographic image that tells a...
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The Influence of James Nachtwey on the Field of Photojournalism

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars explore the work of James Nachtwey. In this photojournalism lesson plan, students discover the elements of photojournalism as they examine photographs from James Nachtwey regarding Afghanistan, AIDS, Deeds of War, Romania,...
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EUDORA WELTY

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, after viewing the video "Tell About the South II: Poets and Prophets," analyze the section on Eudora Welty and her photography work and writings. They focus on photojournalism and its enlightenment regarding cultures that...
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Capturing the Moment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create photography timelines of the Civil Rights movement and write journal entries reflecting on the capacity of photographs to evoke personal and collective historical memory.
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Effective Photojournalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine what makes a quality photo and take and edit appropriate photos that relate to their assigned articles. They select good pictures for their publication.