Social justice is the theme of a 12-lesson unit that uses photographs to focus students' attention on and expand their understanding of current social issues facing society. Class members learn how to closely examine an image, and to consider how the photographer frames a picture to create meaning and evoke a response.
9th - 12th
Social Studies & History, Social & Emotional Learning
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social-emotional learning, social justice, intolerance, protests, cross-media analysis, media analysis, photograph analysis, non-violent protest, equality, point of view, author's purpose, gender equality, bias, gender bias, injustice, social injustice, homelessness, poverty, mood, close reading, stereotypes, prejudice, united states immigration, immigration, identity, diversity, tolerance, author's perspective, perspective, connotation, denotation, race relations, ethnicity, the little rock nine, desegregation, segregation, ethnic groups, justice, brown v. board of education, photo stories, biodiversity, supreme court cases, the supreme court, civil rights, the civil rights act of 1964, the civil rights movement, the voting rights act, constitutional amendments, similarities and differences, activism, social activism, inferences, making inferences, jim crow laws, persuasion, persuasive techniques
