In this lesson, you will analyze two photographs, each dealing with a different element of identity. This is part of the Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice [2] series.
This lesson is the first in a series of lessons called “Issues of Poverty [12].” Students explore the causes of poverty in the United States and the factors that perpetuate it. The four lessons aim to challenge the idea that poverty is simply the result of individual shortcomings. Students will examine the ways poverty is closely related to economic and political policy, and will work to discover why it disproportionately affects members of non-dominant groups—that is, groups that have historically been oppressed.
Links:
[1] http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice-exploring-identity
[2] http://www.tolerance.org/activity/using-photographs-teach-social-justice
[3] http://www.tolerance.org/category/classroom-resources/media-literacy
[4] http://www.tolerance.org/category/anti-bias-domain/diversity
[5] http://www.tolerance.org/category/level/grades-6-8
[6] http://www.tolerance.org/category/level/grades-9-12
[7] http://www.tolerance.org/category/subject/reading-and-language-arts
[8] http://www.tolerance.org/category/subject/social-studies
[9] http://www.tolerance.org/category/subject/arts
[10] http://www.tolerance.org/category/subject/ell-/-esl
[11] http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/what-poverty
[12] http://www.tolerance.org/activity/issues-poverty
[13] http://www.tolerance.org/category/classroom-resources/wealth-and-poverty
[14] http://www.tolerance.org/category/anti-bias-domain/justice