This lesson asks students to look at their families as an outsider would, to research and share the stories behind the photos. Then they look at other images of families from magazines and artwork and apply the analyzing skills they've learned from studying their own pictures. Remember to provide photos or pictures of other families for students who would like alternatives. Consider including video clips as well as photos, but pre-screen the clips. Although photographs, home movies, and videos of family life are not explicitly traditional folklife, the events recorded on film and the stories the images evoke are part of family folklife.
Students learn personal, family, and community history.
Students see how time changes people. Using the elements and principles of design to visually express individual ideas. Students learn to look for clues to time period, relationships, status, and community changes in family pictures. Students recognize how folklore is passed on and functions in people's lives. Materials Two cameras, paper and art supplies.