Section 1: Edward Curtis and the North American Indian
Cathy Pearson
Informational
Video
Links to Civil War photographs*
Various photographers
Paul Getty Museum
Images
The American Battlefield Trust
Informational
Article
“Photography and the Civil War”
Garry Adelman
Video
Links to The North American Indian
Edward S. Curtis
Northwestern University
Image Collection
“Edward Curtis: Coming to Light – Shadow Catcher"
George Horse Capture
Informational
Article
“Curtis’ Technique – Photogravures: Prints, Not Photographs"
Smithsonian Libraries
Informational Article
"Edward Curtis: Photographing the North American Indian"
Smithsonian Magazine
Documentary
"Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy"
Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star, and Will Wilson
Informational Article
“Edward Curtis’ Epic Project to Photograph Native Americans"
Gilbert King
Informational
Article
The North American Indian, Volume 1
Edward S. Curtis
Narrative
Nonfiction
Extension Lesson 6
"The North American Indian"
Curtis Legacy Foundation
Informational
Article
Extension Lesson 6
"Contemporary Native Perspectives" Excerpts from Sacred Legacy, The Women, and Forward to Sacred Legacy
N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Joseph D. Horse Capture
Christopher Cardozo Fine Art
Essays
Section 2: Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, and Depression-Era Photojournalism
Human Erosion in California (Migrant Mother)
Dorothea Lange
Image
"Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California
(Migrant Mother)"
Dorothea Lange
Image
Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" Photographs in the Farm Security Administration Collection
Hanna Soltys
Educational
Photographers of the Dust Bowl
Ken Burns
Documentary
"Meet 10 Depression-Era Photographers Who Captured the Struggle of Rural America"
Kat Eschner
Informational
Article
Section 3: Charles Moore, Birmingham, Alabama, and the Civil Rights Movement
No More: The Children of Birmingham 1963 and the Turning Point of the Civil Rights Movement
McKay and Miranda Jessop
Documentary
Police Using Dogs to Attack Civil Rights Demonstrators, Birmingham, Alabama
Charles Moore
Image
Educational
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
Society of Professional Journalists
Journalism
"An Intimate View of MLK Through the Lens of a Friend"
Madison Horne
Informational
Article
"7 Gordon Parks Images That Changed American Attitudes"
Rebecca Fulleylove
Informational Article
Lesson 6 Extension
"Segregation in the South, 1956"
Gordon Parks
Informational Article
Lesson 6 Extension
“Same Date, 8 Years Apart: From Emmett Till’s Murder to ‘I Have a Dream,’ in Photos”
Madison Horne
Informational Article
Lesson 6 Extension
Section 4 (Extension): Richard Drew, Falling Man, and American Photojournalistic Responses to 9/11
The Falling Man: Behind the Photo
TIME
Documentary
"The 9/11 Photos We Will Never Forget"
Kyle Almond
Journalism
Optional Texts
"Getting Started with Primary Sources"
Informational
Article
Informational
Article
“Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality”
Ernest B. Furgurson
Informational
Article