Matthew Brady Photographs
From: Docs Teach
Grade Level: MS
Remote Ready: Yes!
Time: 1 Class Period or Less
Length of Reading: Paragraphs
Students review a few photos individually and then meet with their group members who have viewed the remaining photos to discuss (there are 15 photos total). Students list adjectives to describe their photos and answer overarching questions.
Armed with their teacher's email address, students can write the answers to the provided questions and send them to their teacher within the Docs Teach site. Teachers will have to click through an email link from each student though. So Anti-textbook recommends paraphrasing the questions into your LMS so that written answers are easier to grade.
We don't normally include extension activities, but we think this one is particularly good. Students are linked to the Mathew Brady collection at the National Archives. They search for documents that are particularly telling of Confederate life.
More Information:
Grade Level:
MS: This lesson is meant for middle school students
This Activity Involves:
Primary Source: This activity utilizes primary sources.
Group Work: This activity calls for working in pairs or groups or having a group discussion.
Image: Brady, Matthew, Photographer. “Colors of 23rd Infantry, N.Y; ca. 1860 – 1865.” National Archives, Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921 – 1940; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111, Identifier: 529517, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/colors-of-23rd-infantry-ny/5078/1. Accessed: 6.15.2020.
