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Photojournalism: A Record of War

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Students explore who has photographed war and why. They examine Mathew Brady's process for photgraphing the Civil War. Students investigate how photographic equipment has changed and improved through time. They analyze primary source war photographs.

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the united states civil war, wars

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civil war, Photography, war, science
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6th - 8th
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Science
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