Holocaust Photo Analysis

Students review the slide show and choose one photo that they wish to respond to.

Students copy and paste the photo into the assignment template and answer these Questions:

1. In the photograph I see:

2. This photograph makes me feel:

3. What evidence in the picture makes you feel that way?

4. What it tells me about the Holocaust is:

5. What evidence in the picture forms your answer?

6. Image source. In this activity, we don't talk about image source because the source is given by the teacher.

For a lesson on image source see:

• Documentary Photography

See Also:

• Anne Frank

• Cesored Poetry

• The Hangman Poem by Maurice Ogden Lesson

• Night

• Night Connotation Lesson

• Read if you Like to know about the Holocaust

• The Terrible Things by Eve Bunting Lesson

Visual Literacy

“The importance of images and visual media in contemporary culture is changing what it means to be literate in the 21st century. Today’s society is highly visual, and visual imagery is no longer supplemental to other forms of information. New digital technologies have made it possible for almost anyone to create and share visual media. Yet the pervasiveness of images and visual media does not necessarily mean that individuals are able to critically view, use, and produce visual content. Individuals must develop these essential skills in order to engage capably in a visually-orientated society. Visual literacy empowers individuals to participate fully in a visual culture.” (Source: Introduction, ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education - American Library Association)

Resources:

• Photography and Visual Literacy by Frank W. Baker