The Power of Images in Shaping Ideas

While examining the photos, little commentary should be given or allowed.  When all photos have been examined, divide the photos evenly among students with each student having one or more photos. 

Once each student has been assigned a photo, explain to the students that they must do research on the photo they have been assigned and will report to the class the findings of their research.  If students have not previously engaged in research, the teacher should provide an explanation regarding finding sources on the Internet or in a library.  The teacher might also want to pair or group students with photos that are tied in some way together.   For example, “Galloping Horse,” “Pigeon House and Barn” are photos tied to the history of photography; “Lynching 1930,” “Elizabeth Eckford,1957” and “Birmingham 1963” are all connected with the Civil Rights Movement. 
 
In their oral presentations, students should put together a PowerPoint or poster presentation.  If other photos of the event researched are available, they should be provided in the presentation.  Students should also be advised that their presentations must include a discussion of the role the photo had in changing history. 

Books:  

Sullivan, Robert (ed.), Burrows, Barbara Baker (Photo Ed.). 100 Photos that Changed the World. Life, 2003.  

Anne Frank: Enzer, Hyman A., Solotaoff-Enzer, Sandra (ed.). Anne Frank: Reflections on Her Life and Legacy.  Board of Trustees the University of Illinois, 2000.  

Holocaust: Dwork, Debra, Pelt, Robert Jan. Holocaust. New York:  W.W. Norton and Company, 2003.  

Americans in World War II: Keegan, John. World War II: A Visual Encyclopedia.  New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1999.

Famine and War: Forsyth, Fredrick. The Biafra Story.  Penguin Books, 1969.  

Civil Rights Movement: Riches, William Terrence Martin.  The Civil Rights Movement: Struggle and Resistance, 2^nd ed.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.  

Nagasaki: Goldstein, Donald M. Rain of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Dulles: Prange Enterprises, 1999.  

Child Labor Laws and the Progressive Movement: McGerr, Michael.  A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of The Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003.  

Vietnam War: Dillon, Katherine V, Goldstein, Donald M., Wenger, J. Michael.  The Vietnam War: The Story and Photographs. Herndon: Brassey, Inc., 1999.  

The Crimean War: Sweetman, John. The Crimean War.  Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001.  

Cuban Missile Crisis: Kennedy, Robert. Thirteen Days. New York:  W.W. Norton and Company, 2000.  

Media and Politics: Kuypers, Jim A.  Press Bias and Politics: How the Media Frame Controversial Issues. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2002.  

Apollo Missions and the Moon: Lindsay, Hamish. Tracking Apollo to the Moon.  Springer, 2001.  

The Assassination of President Kennedy: The staff of the New York Times.  Fours Days in November:  The Original Coverage of the John F. Kennedy Assassination.  New York: The New York Times, 2003.  

Protest and Photojournalism: Morris, John G. Get the Picture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.  

Commercialism: Cross, Gary.  An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won America.  New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.  

The Great Depression: McElvaine, Robert S.  Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983.  

History of Photography: Goldberg, Vicki & Silberman, Robert. American Photography: A Century of Images.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.  

Transcontinental Railroad: Houghton, Gillian. The Transcontinental Railroad: A Primary Source History of America’s First Coast-to-Coast Railroad. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 2003.  

Flight: Berliner, Don. Aviation: Reaching for the Sky. Minneapolis: The Oliver Press, 1997.  

Websites:

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/lm01.html   

Anne Frank:

http://www.annefrank.com/

http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

Holocaust:

http://www.ushmm.org/

http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/

http://www.nizkor.org/

America’s World War II:

http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/

http://www.teacheroz.com/wwii.htm

http://www.historycentral.com/ww2/

Biafra:

http://biafra.info/biafra/nigeria-biafra-civil-war-photo-essay.html

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/biafra.htm

http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/biafra.htm

Civil Rights Movement:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html

Nagasaki:

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.htm

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/levine/bombing.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Child Labor Laws and the Progressive Movement:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/reform/progressive_era.html

http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/programs/egov/ap_progressive.php

http://www.earlham.edu/~pols/globalprobs/children/Laila.html

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

Vietnam War:

http://www.vietnampix.com/intro.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

The Crimean War:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/251_fen.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War

http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/russia/lectures/19crimeanwar.html

Cuban Missile Crisis:

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/

http://www.jfklibrary.org/cmc_readinglist.html

http://www.jfklibrary.org/cmc_calendar_map.html  

Media and Politics:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12297-2004Jul24.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mediahistory.html

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Media_control_propaganda/False_Hope.html

Apollo Missions and the Moon:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/biographies.htm

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky3/space2.htm

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo.html

The Assasination of President Kennedy:

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

http://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/K/htmlK/kennedyjf/kennedyjf.htm

Protest and Photojournalism:

http://www.cofc.edu/VietnamRetro/cossa.html

http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/Vietnam/ThreeImages/brady.html

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/2216-essay-photojournalism-and-foreign-affairs.html

Commercialism:

http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/CERU/CERU_2005_Annual_Report.htm

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/commercialism/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercialism

The Great Depression:

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm

http://www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm

History of Photography:

http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/

http://www.photo.net/history/timeline

http://www.photography-museum.com/

Transcontinental Railroad:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/

http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad  

Flight:

http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/historyofflight.html

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/flight/flight/history.asp

 http://www.flyinghistory.com/

Credits:  

This lesson was written by Debra L. Clark, Kent State University.