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Looking at Photographs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders evaluate photographs as historical documents.  In this social studies lesson, 6th graders analyze photographs as propaganda. 
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Defining American Culture Photographic Parallels

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assess the diversity of the photographs taken by a Czech photographer, that illustrate how existed in 1920's Texas. Then students compare and contrast these photographs with more current photographs of Texans and evaluate in...
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Images of Children in Dorothea Lange's Photographs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students look carefully at two photographs by Dorothea Lange for elements of art and narrative content. They use descriptive language when speaking and writing about Lange's photographs of studenT lives.
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Writing About Photographs: Responding to the Art of Dorothea Lange

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view and discuss photographs by Dorothea Lange. They describe what they see, pose questions about the images, reflect on their personal responses, and create diaries written in the voices of individuals depicted in the images.
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US Steel Gary Works: A Photographic Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars formulate historical questions about the circumstances surrounding a photograph about the Gary Steel Works factories. They differentiate between historical facts and interpretation. They create a newspaper article about...
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Charles Young Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students view photographs of Charles Young. They analyze the photograph to decipher the time period. As an introduction, students brainstorm questions they may ask the man in the photograph. Students investigate the era of the...
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Constitutional Convention, 1875: Photographs as Historical Documents

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders compare and contrast the two photographs.
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Charles Young Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze photographs as an introduction to the Spanish American War. The concepts of American expansionism are explored through the process.
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Interpreting Photographs

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine photographs and complete research on river transportation. They describe the beginnings and innovations of the steamboats. Students research the development of trade from the 1700s through the 1800s. They write a...
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The War in Vietnam - A Story in Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers take on the role of an exhibit curator who has selected war photographs to create an exhibit that help people explain the foreign and domestic consequences of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Contextualizing a Historical Photograph: Busing and the Anti-busing Movement in Boston

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the civil rights movement. They identify the causes and consequences of the anti-busing movement in Boston. Students construct a narrative to explain the context of an historical photograph related to the anti-busing...
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Photo Analysis Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this art worksheet, students use this worksheet to analyze any photograph. Students learn how to study a photograph carefully, dividing it into quadrants and studying each section. Students then make a chart of the people, objects and...
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Extra, Extra Write All About It!

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Pupils examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story for one of the examples. In this news writing lesson, students analyze a photograph as a class and discuss it. Pupils analyze photographs and example headlines...
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Jim Frankoski Lesson Plan Ideas

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners read about Jim Frankoski and his art to examine various elements in environmental art. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the location of photographs and how images create illusions that capture new viewpoints.
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Picturing a Story: Photo Essay About a Community, Event, or Issue

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students research Dorothea Lange's documentary projects and create their own photo essay about a subject. In this photo essay lesson, students analyze examples of social-documentary photographs of Lange. Students define a social...
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Bush Fires

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider the effectiveness of backburning operations. In this current events lesson, students analyze a photograph of firemen fighting bush fires in efforts to determine what was taking place when the photograph was taken....
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Cameras and Shadows

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover how light creates shadows by photographing them with a camera.  In this sunlight activity, students utilize the light in the sky to create different shadows of themselves and objects near their classroom,...
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Cricket in Pakistan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars investigate sports and recreation in other countries. In this current events lesson, students analyze a photograph of of people playing the game of cricket in efforts to determine what was taking place when the photograph...
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Floods

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the devastation floods may cause. For this current events lesson, students analyze a photograph of a flood scene to determine what was taking place when the photograph was taken. Students respond to the provided...
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Friendship Reminders

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write about a photograph they have that represents friendship. In this friendship lesson plan, 3rd graders also read a book about friendship.
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Welcome to My Home Town

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the concept of photo journalism. They research topics regarding their cities to analyze and offer ideas for the future. They write an article including photographs about their city or school at a given era of time or by...
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Job Transition -- The Great Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review how to use a digital camera. Individually, they document their work related experience and gathering new skills by taking pictures. To end the lesson, they put the photographs into a portfolio to show their progress in...
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Science and the Envrionment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students utilize a digital camera to record interesting objects in their environment.  In this ecology lesson, students participate in a mini-field trip around their campus as they take 2-3 pictures of the school environment....
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Taking a Micro Hike

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate organisms by searching soil on their school ground.  In this insect life lesson, students utilize field guides to help identify the organisms found in a rotting log on their campus.  Students photograph any...

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