Library Of Congress Photographs Division:

Name Period ______Library of Congress Photographs Division: Historical Understanding of Setting & Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination To Kill a Mockingbird DUE: Review Harper Lee’s descriptions of Maycomb from your novel To Kill A Mockingbird. You will be selecting TWO photographs that represent your idea of Maycomb, AL based on Harper Lee’s description. Type http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html in your browser. PHOTOGRAPH ONE – There, you will view photographs from America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945 in American Memory. Go from the main home page to the home page for the black and white photographs. From there, select the Geographic Location Index. From the State and Country Index, browse through photographs from three locations: Alabama--Dallas County—Selma Alabama--Eutaw Alabama—Greensboro Select one photo for careful analysis, using the Visual Literacy Guide for your analysis. (http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/mock/visual.html). PHOTOGRAPH TWO – From the descriptive text on the America from the Great Depression to World War II, 1935-1945 home page for the black and white photographs, link to Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination: Documentation by Farm Security Administration- Office of War Information. Read the information explaining the nature of the photo collection then review the photographs. Select one photo for careful analysis, using the Visual Literacy Guide for your analysis. (http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/mock/visual.html). ASSIGNMENT - Incorporating the different criteria from the Visual Literacy Guide, write a thoughtful, thorough, and well constructed response relating the photographs to Maycomb, AL. You will turn in:  Printed copies of the two photos you selected for analysis (please copy & paste onto one word document along with the bibliographic information provided)  One written response