Comparing
Images
The Old Governor's Mansion at Milledgeville has been a prominent structure as well as a
center of activity since 1839. The building has changed many times
through the years for many different reasons. Some changes have been
made in order to add modern conveniences such as electricity, air
conditioning and heating. Some changes have been made to make the
building appear more "modern" or "beautiful"
according to the popular standards of the time period. The following
images will allow students to compare and contrast the visual
changes in the building as well encouraging them to investigate the
time period of each image while considering the impact of
photography upon history.
For
this lesson, you will need the following images:
Activity 1: Pictures of the Past
Upon completion of
this activity, students should be able to:
- Identify the similarities and
differences found in the images.
- Arrange the images
chronologically.
QCC
Objectives: Grade 4: Skills: A1, A2, A5, A7, A8, B15, D27, D29 Grade
8: Topics/Concepts: D20, Skills: A1, A2, A5, A6, A7, A10, C22, D34,
D35, D38,D39
Suggested
Lesson:
- Divide the students into pairs.
- Give each set of students copies
of the images of the Old Governor's Mansion.
- Ask the students to make a list of
the differences found between the images. (Students should find
that the cupola is present in some of the images but is not
found in the older images.)
- Allow the students to discuss the
differences and similarities that they have found by making a
list as a class.
- Explain that the house-type
structure on the roof is called a "cupola."
- Ask the students to find a
definition of cupola in the dictionary.
- Ask the students for possible
reasons for the additional structure. (Apparently the skylight
that was in the center of the roof was a constant problem
because it leaked. As early as 1853, Governor Cobb listed a
repair to the skylight in the inventory of improvements made on
the Mansion as he left office.)
- Ask the students to arrange the
images in chronological order.
Activity 2: Time Lines
Upon completion of
this activity, students should be able to:
- Create a time line that will
reflect some of the changes in the United States and in Georgia
from 1847 to 1960.
- Complete basic research to find
information concerning the history of photography.
- Discuss the impact of images upon
historical information.
QCC
Objectives:
Grade 4: Skills: A1, A2, A5, A6, A8, B12, B15, B16, C17, C23, D27,
D28, D29
Grade 8: Topics/Concepts: D20, Skills: A1, A2, A5, A6, A7, A12, B15,
C22, C25, C33, D34, D35, D38, D39
Suggested
Lesson:
- Divide the students into groups of
four.
- Using available reference material
allow the students to locate at least three historical events
from 1847, 1865, 1860, 1877, 1953, 1963 for the United States
and for Georgia. The groups should reflect the division of dates
and assigned place. For example, one group will research
Georgia, 1847 and another group will research the United States,
1847. Assign the topic of photography and its history to one
group.
- Allow the students to record their
information on large cards to be placed upon the time line.
Items on the top of the line will record Georgia's events while
items on the bottom will record the events from the United
States.
- Allow the "photography"
group to place the a copy of the images on the time line as well
as the information that they have located about photography.
- Ask the students to list some of
the events that occurred in Georgia and in the United States
that seem to be connected.
- Ask the students to record any
historical information that is found in the images.
- Allow the students to write some
possible reasons for which photography is important to what we
know about history.
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