Reference Source for Lesson Plans
Photography Unit
Lesson 1: Using Historical Photographs
Students analyze historical photographs.
Lesson 2: Using Historical Photographs Part 2
Students explore the value and power of
photographs.
Lesson 3: Using Specific Historical Photographs
Specific historical photographs are studied to trace events and people who contributed to community/nation
development.
Lesson 4: Using Photographs to Time-Travel
Students use photographs to gain a sense of what it was like to live in an historical
period.
Lesson 5: Photographic History Timeline
Students create an historically accurate
timeline.
Lesson 6: Manipulating Photographs: Can You Trust
Photographs?
Students explore the power of photography, the role of
ethics in photojournalism, and how to become informed consumers of news
photography.
Photograph Collections:
Glenbow Archives Photographs
(not available at this time)
Louise Mckinney Riverfront Photo Gallery
Flood of 1915, Ice making, Coal & gold mining, Brickyards,
Other industries, Bridges, Boats & boat building, First Nations People, Recreation and Louise McKinney
Library
and Archives of Canada
Alberta Home, Home on the Plains
Alberta How the West Was Young
Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Lesson 7: To Censor or Not? The Power of War Photos
Students discuss the regulation and censorship of
photographs.
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum: The Cost of Freedom
The Cost of Freedom and Military History,
Photograph Collections:Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Glenbow Archives Photographs
Library
and Archives of Canada
The Memory Project: Peace and War
Grant McRae's WWII Timeline and Len Badowich's Cold War
Timeline
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian Letters and Images Project
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