Reading Photos, Reading Life

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Reading Photos, Reading Life

• Visual Literacy and A Raisin in the Sun

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What is Visual Literacy?

• Visual Literacy is ability to read non-print
  visual texts. For example, photographs,
  paintings, sculptures and movies.
• When we look at pictures we infer ideas about
  what is happening and what is not happening in
  the non-print visual text.
• These ideas come from the history we know and our
  own personal thoughts and ideas.
• http//condor.depaul.edu/aam/6-4-02MonroFinalProj
  ect/Presentation/RPRLClass1.ppt

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What is the aim of Visual Literacy?

• The purpose of being able to read a non-print
  text is to help you make connections between the
  things you already know to the things you are
  going to be learning.
• Being able to make these connections helps you to
  truly learn and know things.
• http//condor.depaul.edu/aam/6-4-02MonroFinalProj
  ect/Presentation/RPRLClass1.ppt

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Time to LearnTime to Practice
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Reading a Photo

• To Read a Photo, you must do the following
• Observe the photo for 2 minutes for overall
  impression and then individual items.
• Make a list of what you see and dont see
  People, Objects Activities
• Make a list of inferences from what you see
• Make a list of questions the photo raises in you
  mind
• Where could you go to find the answers to your
  questions?

http//www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/
analysis_worksheets/photo.html
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What do you see here?
http//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?fsaall1./t
emp/ammem_sOoJdisplayType1m856sdfsam856sf8
a29884_at__at__at_fsaal
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What do you see here?
http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/vc84.
jpg
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What do you see here?
http//www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/migration
.html
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What do you see here?
http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/images/adams.j
pg
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What do you see here?
http//www.historychannel.com/broadband/clipview/i
ndex.jsp?idtdih_0828
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What did you learn?Extension Activity

• How can you connect these images to A Raisin in
  the Sun?
• Now that you have read A Raisin in the Sun how
  do you view these images differently than in our
  preview activity?
• How are viewing primary sources different than
  reading literature?
• How does using primary sources enhance your
  understanding?