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Matthew Brady Photographs
From: Docs Teach
Grade Level: MS
Remote Ready: Yes!
Time: 1 Class Period or Less
Length of Reading: Paragraphs
The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady
Students review a few photos individually and then meet with their group members who have viewed the remaining photos to discuss (there are 15 photos total). Students list adjectives to describe their photos and answer overarching questions.
Armed with their teacher's email address, students can write the answers to the provided questions and send them to their teacher within the Docs Teach site. Teachers will have to click through an email link from each student though. So Anti-textbook recommends paraphrasing the questions into your LMS so that written answers are easier to grade.
We don't normally include extension activities, but we think this one is particularly good. Students are linked to the Mathew Brady collection at the National Archives. They search for documents that are particularly telling of Confederate life.
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Grade Level: MS
- MS=Middle School
Remote Ready: Yes!
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students
- Group work (pairs) might be difficult, though questions could be answered individually
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers more easily
- Discussion can be had via typing on your LMS or over video conferencing
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This activity calls for working in pairs, a group, and/or having a class discussion
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This lesson uses photographs as primary sources
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