Build shared experiences. Write descriptive and personal comments on the board. Discuss the purpose and contents of family albums, eliciting thoughts from students concerning their value. Show a photo without a caption. As students attempt to describe what is shown in the photo, elicit the idea that the circumstances are often mysterious.
Discuss interview as an important vehicle of gathering information.
Present the challenge. Students should ask questions, elicit the names of those pictured, a story surrounding the circumstances, the setting, etc. while taking notes. Students should develop a well-written story that will be used as a caption for the photo in the class' album. After scanning photos, students print out reproductions of the originals on special photo paper. Decorative decal edged scissors should be used to trim the photos imitating the old time pattern.