Recording A Changing Nation: Rhetorical Analysis

Lesson Extensions (Mix and Match): 

A gelatin silver print of a woman leaning in her window looking out with a curtain behind her.

Roland L. Freeman 
born Baltimore, MD 1936
400 Block of East Lorraine Ave, East Baltimore, Maryland, September 1972 from the series Southern Roads/City Pavements
1972, printed 1982
gelatin silver print
sheet: 14 x 11 in. 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of George H. Dalsheimer
©1972 Roland L. Freeman

Description

With its focus on truth and beauty, this activity initiates a conversation about researcher bias while also building media literacy. Consider whether your students might benefit from a refresher on bias in writing in order to reactivate this content knowledge and prepare them to apply that concept to visual texts like photographs.

Grade
6-12
Duration

40 minutes