II - Historical Understanding of Setting
  1. Students view photographs from America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945 in American Memory. (Students should be given time to browse this collection, then select one photo for careful analysis.)
  2. Students should go to the main home page to the home page for the black and white photographs. From there they should select the State and Country Index. From the State and Country Index, they should browse through photographs from three locations:
    Alabama--Dallas County—Selma
    Alabama--Eutaw
    Alabama—Greensboro
  3. After browsing through these images, select two photos for careful analysis. Use the Visual Literacy Guide for your analysis..
  4. The Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress also has a collection of images entitled "Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination: Documentation by Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information." (A link to this collection is in the descriptive text on the America from the Great Depression to World War II, 1935-1945 home page for the black and white photographs.) Read the information explaining the nature of the photo collection then review the photographs. Select one photo from this collection and use the Visual Literacy Guide to analyze it.

1.  Students will complete two (2) Photo Analysis Activities using Virtual literacy guide.