1. Media Photos
Students should have the Interpret Photos handout to use with this lesson.
Look at these photos that were in the media.
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 1 with caption
Photo 2 with caption
Photo 3 with caption
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Photo 1
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Response to photo 1
Where was this photo taken?
What are these people protesting against?
When do you think the photo was taken?
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Photo 2
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Response to Photo 2
Can you suggest what may have happened here.
How have the bystanders reacted?
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Photo 3
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Response to Photo 3
What are the children in the photo doing?
Is there anything unusual/unexpected about the boy holding the flag?
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Photo 1 with Caption
Puerto Rican Protest For Civil Rights
Original caption: 3/1/1964-New York, NY: Puerto Rican demonstrators walk in silence from City Hall in Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Board of Education Offices in Brooklyn during protest here March 1st. The march, sponsored by the National Association for Puerto Rican Civil Rights, is designed to urge improvement of education facilities in the city for Puerto Ricans. (Original Caption)
Date Created: March 1, 1964
Location: New York, New York, USA
© Bettmann/CORBIS
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Photo 2 with Caption
Rioters During Harlem Unrest
Original caption: New York, New York: Today's temperature and humidity might have been responsible for the boiling over of tempers leading to the small-scale war which suddenly roared through the streets of teeming Harlem. A cameraman got this "front-line" photograph as the victim of a barrage of trash cans still writhed in no-man's land and a junior member of one of the factions advanced to the fray armed with a stick and a rock. The fight is said to have started between factions of Spaniards and Puerto Ricans at the Jefferson Pool at First Avenue and 114th Street whence it quickly spread to adjoining streets.
Date Created: June 12, 1949
Location: Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA © Bettmann/CORBIS
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Photo 3 with Caption
Children Reciting Pledge of Allegiance
Original caption: Chicago, Illinois: While other schools suffer racial discord, America's heritage as a harmonious melting pot is dramatically illustrated in flag salute in Benjamin Franklin School, here, September 9. Third graders who don't know the meaning of "segregation" and "integration", but only that all other kids are companions, make pledge of liberty and justice for all. Pupils are of Caucasian, Negro, Puerto Rican, and Mexican descent.
Date Created: September 9, 1963
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
© Bettmann/CORBIS
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Final thought
What do these photos and captions suggest about American attitudes regarding racial issues?
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America in the 50s
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