Just who was Clara Barton? Using an archive photo from the National Archives, class members consider the legacy of the founder of the American Red Cross. The activity includes the photograph, along with prompts to help young scholars "meet" the photograph.

Concepts

the american red cross, clara barton, nursing, civil war, the united states civil war, women's history, women's history month, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the resource to introduce a topic, such as the Civil War, nursing, or heroes
• Model prompts to build activities around other photographs

Classroom Considerations

• Activity requires computer access

Pros

• Prompts build primary source image analysis skills
• Photograph stimulates students to be historically curious

Cons

• While the activity has a submission function for students to turn in work, it's not clear where information goes

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.10 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.2.1 RL.2.10