Objectives: Students
will analyze photographs taken from Vietnam War (primary sources), by making assumptions
and putting themselves in the photograph.
State Standards:
Put the fallowing photograph on the board:
Ask the students to:
- ž Observe the Photo
Study the photograph for 2 minutes. Form an overall
impression of the photograph and then examine individual items. Next, divide
the photo into quadrants and study each section to see what new details become
visible.
Create a chart to list people, objects, and activities in
the photograph.
- ž Inference
Based on what you have observed above, list three things you
might infer from this photograph.
- ž Questions
What questions does this photograph raise in your mind?
- ž Create a caption for the photograph
Break up the class into groups of 2 or 3, then pass out
these photographs. Have the students do the same thing by answering the same
questions. After 10 to 20 minutes have the groups share there photographs and
some of their observations, inferences, Questions, & Caption.
Notes: I gave
this lesson as a long term sub for 11th grade US History, it when OK
the students had never done anything like this and took a lot of prompting. They
seemed to enjoy it.
Depending on the level of the class students can take their
questions and see what research can be done. This lesson can also be applied to
any other topic as long as they are primary sources for the time period.
Photographs from the Library of Congress
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