A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law 1965-1971

Grade Levels

10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 9th Grade

Course, Subject

History

Related Academic Standards

Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development of the U.S.

8.3.9.C 8.3.9.C

Analyze how continuity and change have impacted the United States.

Belief systems and religions
Commerce and industry
Technology
Politics and government
Physical and human geography
Social organizations

8.3.12.A 8.3.12.A

Evaluate the role groups and individuals from the U.S. played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development of the world.

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Big Ideas

The history of the United States continues to influence its citizens, and has impacted the rest of the world.
Concepts

Biography is a historical construct used to reveal positive and/or negative influences an individual can have on the United States society.

United States history can offer an individual discerning judgment in public and personal life, supply examples for living, and thinking about one’s self in the dimensions of time and space.

United States history can offer an individual judicious understanding about one’s self in the dimensions of time and space.
Competencies

Construct a biography of an American and generate conclusions regarding his/her qualities and limitations.

Synthesize a rationale for the study of individuals in United States history.

Description

This photographic exhibition examines themes from the 1960s counterculture. Adults may wish to speak with children about the sixties to help them better understand that era within its own cultural context.

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A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law 1965-1971

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A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law 1965-1971