Ideas for Using  “Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker And The FSA/OWI Photographers” In The Classroom
written by Frank W. Baker, media education consultant, © 2008

 

 
Photography
in the classroom
 

 
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standards
 


Pre and post
viewing questions
 
 


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Media Literacy, Documentaries & Critical Viewing Skills
 
 


Visual Literacy
 

Locating FSA
Photographs
 

 
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The following standards are those listed by McRel: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning:

English Language Arts 
Standard 9 Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Standard 10 Understands the characteristics and components of the media

Career Education:  Arts and Communication
Standard 1  Understands the principles, processes, and products associated with arts and communication media

Standard 4 Understands ways in which the human experience is transmitted and reflected in the arts and communication

History United States History
Standard 24  Understands how the New Deal addressed the Great Depression, transformed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state.

Level III  (Grades 7-8)

4. Understands the labor movement during the New Deal era (e.g., the re-emergence of labor militancy and the struggle between craft
and industrial unions; the commitment of labor unions to organize diverse groups and secure equitable conditions and pay for minorities;
the objectives of labor leaders and advocates; how art, photographs, and song lyrics contributed to the emotional appeal to support unions;
WPA projects and their impact on local areas)