Between the Waters – Analyzing Historical Photographs Activity

Lesson Overview

Students will examine and analyze the historical photographs found on the sites, Between the Waters, Georgetown County Digital Library, and the Belle W. Baruch Collection .

Duration

2-3 hours

Lesson Type

1:1 Lesson

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5, 8

English Language Arts Social Studies Visual & Performing Arts

Computer with internet access.

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Standards

8-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of South Carolina in the nation in the early twentieth century.
- 8-6.0 South Carolinas response to national crises during the first half of the twentieth century brought it back into full participation in the national experience. To understand the states changed status, the student will utilize the knowledge and ski...
I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
  - I.3.2 Examine historical, social, cultural, or political context to broaden inquiry.
- I.4 Synthesize integrated information to share learning and/or take action.
  - I.4.1 Employ a critical stance to demonstrate that relationships and patterns of evidence lead to logical conclusions, while acknowledging alternative views.
RI Reading Informational Text
- RI.MC Meaning and Context
  - RI.MC.7 Research events, topics, ideas, or concepts through multiple media, formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
5.2 Demonstrate an understanding of how international events and conditions during the early 20th Century (i.e., 19101940) affected the United States and South Carolina.
- 5.2.CX Contextualize the post-war economic climate on the cultural landscape throughout the United States and South Carolina.
- 5.2.E Evaluate multiple perspectives from the period, including the economic, political, and social impacts of World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the New Deal using primary and secondary sources.
5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, political, and social effects of World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath (i.e., 19301950) on the United States and South Carolina.
- 5.3.E Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social effects of World War II and its aftermath using primary and secondary sources.
8.4 Demonstrate an understanding of South Carolinas role in and response to the dynamic economic, political, and social developments in the United States and around the world during the period 18621929.
8.5 Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of world events on South Carolina and the United States from 1929 to present.
- 8.5.P Analyze the transformation of South Carolinas economy from the Great Depression to its current economic diversification.
- 8.5.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the cultural changes in South Carolina and the U.S.

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Lesson Created By: Kelly Hogan Kinard - Edited by Lisa Ray &amp; Lewis Huffman

Lesson Partners: The Belle W. Baruch Foundation, ETV Education