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Worksheet for Analysis of a Map

For Students 6th - 10th
For this primary source analysis worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions that require them to analyze the maps of their choice.
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Motion Picture

For Students 9th - 12th
In this primary source analysis instructional activity, high schoolers respond to 14 short answer questions that require them to analyze the motion picture of their choice.
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Stories of the Wrights' Flights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine primary sources to understand the work of Wright Brothers. In this aviation history instructional activity, students study how primary documents and images are analyzed and write essays about the signifcance of...
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Project Jukebox

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze an interview with the Climate Change Project Jukebox in order to help them undertand how to use a concept map. In this writing and climate change lesson, pairs of students log onto the Internet site for Climate...
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The Civil War Experience

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the Civil War. In this Civil War lesson, 8th graders read and analyze primary sources. Students complete handouts in relation to the primary sources.  
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Fish Shape

For Teachers 4th - 7th
A fish's size, fins, and shape can tell us a lot about them! Learners explore fish anatomy to see how species use camouflage, scales, shape, and coloration to survive. The lesson includes advanced vocabulary such as fusiform shape,...
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Skyscraper Museum

Changes in a City Over Time

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Investigate the growth and development of New York City with the final lesson in this four-part series on skyscrapers. Learners first explore the concept of urban growth by looking closely at a series of three paintings made of Wall...
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Every Picture Tells a Story

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider controversial photos of Elian Gonzalez and decide how they, as editors of the Times, might have displayed them. They choose, discuss, and write about other famous images from photojournalism to decide what makes the
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Forest and Tapestry Pod and Nude in Open hand

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss and analyze examples of surrealist paintings and photographs from the LACMA collection. Students comprehend the basic tenets and history of the surrealism. They research a surrealist artist they want to emulate in their...
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Silicate Gardens

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students take digital pictures of their Silicate Gardens as an analysis of measurements of silicate tube growth. In this silicate measurements lesson, students download pictures of Silicate Gardens being grown on the International...
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The Holocaust: Survival Stories

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students use survival stories as the theme for written assignments and a photography presentation.
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A Photo Essay

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students analyze photographs, then create their own photo essays by using photos, magazine pictures or drawings to illustrate their stories.
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Working With the Environment

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners, in groups, explore how the environment affects how the live and how they affect the environment. They analyze photographs and observe their local school yard and community to see places where people and the environment interact.
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Vienna Loses the Sofiensale

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the Internet to discover more information about Sofie Hall in Vienna. They examine the building's history and photographs. They also analyze the role of Johann Strass and his importance for the city of Vienna.
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Who Were the Settlers?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine why people move from one country or area to another. Using photographs, they analyze the culture and lifestyles of people pictured in the image. They research and explain the daily experiences of the settlers to...
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EUDORA WELTY

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, 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 are...
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Mars Geologic Mapping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and interpret photographic details of a Martian surface image, design, and create a simple features map. They identify and interpret the geologic history of a part of Mars' surface and then, analyze and discuss the...
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Natural Selection II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a discussion about the three types of natural selection. In groups, they identify examples of adaptations from photographs. To end the lesson, they analyze results of natural selection in adaptation, behaviors...
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Emotions: describe These People

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL emotions learning exercise, students will analyze the emotions pictured. Students will complete 8 sentences, choosing the correct word to complete the feeling that is depicted in each photograph.
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Gift to the Future

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the different ways that primary sources are reserved.  In this Social Studies lesson, 7th graders analyze documents and photographs.  Students watch video clips and answer questions on a graphic organizer.
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The Home Front (Circa 1863)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this American Civil War lesson, students examine sources and then write personal accounts of the war.
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Critical Viewer Activity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice media awareness. In this media awareness lesson plan, students analyze print and electronic media messages. Students discover how advertisers use re-imaging to manipulate photographs and discuss how they can become...
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Native Americans During the 19th and 20th Centuries

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners explore major events in Native American history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this American history lesson, students listen to lectures, examine photographs, and analyze music regarding Native American history...
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Home Design

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate house structures by examining photographs.  In this architecture lesson, students read the book Houses and Homes, analyzing the different structures and materials.  Students utilize mud to create model huts...