American Memory Fellows Program

The Civil War through a Child's Eye

Paul Gregorio and Micki Caskey



Activity Five- Visual Literacy  (Four class periods -- Classroom)

Day 6

    1. Look at photographs and daguerrotypes as primary source materials.
    2. Introduce format for analyzing photograph.
    3. Whole class activity of analyzing photograph.

Day 7

    1. Working in small groups, students will analyze selected photographs. Select two for the entire class to analyze.
    2. Share results of anaylsis with entire class.
    3. Repeat small group activity with second set of photographs.
    4.  Debrief activity.

Day 8

    1.  Have students select specific image from Images of Children from the Civil War Era
    2.  Students print image from screen for their analysis.
    3.  Have students work individually to analyze photographs or daguerrotypes using guide sheet.
    4.  Complete analysis.

Day 9

    1.  Use results of analysis to write caption for photograph.
    2.  Gallery walk of selected photographs from Images of Children in the Civil War Era



 
LESSON 
PLAN
Activity 
One
Activity 
Two
Activity Three
Activity 
Four
Activity Five 
Activity
Six
Images
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paul@ed.pdx.edu or caskeym@ed.pdx.edu.
Summer 1999