Folklife Resources for Educators

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Center for Creative Photography
University of Arizona Libraries
Tucson, AZ 85721-0103 (520) 621-7968

Indivisible Educator's Guide
by Center for Creative Photography
http://www.indivisible.org/resources.htm

An educator's guide for K-12 students that combines photography and first-person narratives to explore community life, identity, and civic action (72 p. PDF). Lesson plans are available on taking documentary photographs, collecting oral histories, and analyzing gathered fieldwork documentation. It includes descriptions of twelve community documentation projects undertaken throughout the United States. Created in 2000 in connection with a national documentary project called "Indivisible: Stories of American Community." A selection of slides and an audio cd of excerpted project interviews accompanies the lessons.

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12	Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities; Primary sources; Audio recordings	Language: English
Subjects: United States--Social life and customs; Community life; Oral history; Fieldwork (Educational method); Photography; Place-based education; United States--History--1945- Geographic locations: United States; Texas; South Carolina; Pennsylvania; North Carolina; New York (State); Montana; Illinois; Florida; California; Alaska

Sponsoring Organization:
Center for Creative Photography
University of Arizona Libraries
Tucson AZ 85721-0103
(520) 621-7968
http://www.creativephotography.org/

Other Organizations:
Center for Documentary Studies
Duke University
Durham NC 27705
(919) 660-3663
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/

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