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    Learning Objectives for Curriculum Activities
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    Outlines the learning outcomes for students and teachers using the curriculum activities with the Indiana Farm Security Administration Photographs Digital Collection.
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    Comparing Indiana with Another State
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has students compare FSA photographs taken in Indiana with another state.
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    Farm Security Administration Photographs in Indiana: a Study Guide
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This study guide is meant to provide an overall history of the Farm Security Administration and its photographic project in Indiana. It provides a basis for studying the history of the photos taken in Indiana by the FSA photographers.
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    Comparing to Family Photos
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has student compare FSA photographs with a family album or collection of photos taken during the Great Depression.
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    Using Diaries
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    In this curriculum activity, students select a single photograph or series of photographs and write diary entries that discuss a typical day in the life of the people in the photographs. Alternatively, students can read a diary written during the Great Depression and write an essay about it.
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    Using Cartoons
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    Students select an FSA photograph and cartoon about the New Deal or Great Depression that focus on the same issue or theme and compare and contrast them.
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    Using FSA Documentary Films
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has students watch two documentary films funded by the Resettlement Administration/Farm Security Administration, The Plow that Broke the Plains and The River, written and directed by Pare Lorentz. Students compare the films to FSA photographs.
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    Conducting a Photo Contest
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    In this curriculum activity, students conduct a photo contest of pictures that depict everyday life in Indiana. Students develop guidelines and rules for the contest, publicize the event, and establish how the winning photos will be chosen and the means for awarding prizes.
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    Writing a Speech
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    Students write a five minute speech that supports or opposes the work, or a specific program, of the Farm Security Administration.
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    Photos as Art
    (2012-11-27) Durrant, Summer
    This curriculum activity has students look at FSA photos and explain why they are such powerful images. Students then contemplate what makes a great photograph and why some images are more artistic than others.