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Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future

Picture Pearl Harbor: #Photo Curator Overview This activity allows students to act as museum curators by documenting photographs for a museum’s collection. Students will gain an understanding of context, scope and individual experience through examination and analysis of photographs taken during and after the attacks on the island of Oahu on December 7th, 1941. Recommended Grade Range Grades 6-10 Prerequisites This lesson should follow previous discussions on the December 7th, 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu. Objectives

Students will analyze photographs and make observations to connect the photographs to the historical context in which they were produced.

Develop documentation on the photograph as though it were for a museum’s collection. Content Standards Connections to Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. Connections to C3 Framework: D1.5.9-12 Determine the kids of sources that will be helpful in compelling and supporting questions, taking in to consideration multiple points of view represented in the sources, types of sources available, and the potential uses of the sources. D2.His.11.6-8. Use other historical sources to infer a plausible maker, date, place of origin, and intended audience for historical sources where this information is not easily identified. Materials Required

Printed or digital copies of the pre-selected photographs found in this lesson plan.

Printed copies of included “Photo Catalog Data Sheet”, enough for one worksheet for each photograph.

Projector to display a sample photo. Lesson Plan Warm-up: Ask the question, “What is the purpose of tagging photos online? Is it important to do so?” Discuss answers first in small groups of 2 to 4, then as a class.


Main Activity: Tell the students that they will be acting in the role of a museum curator to document the photographs as though they were being put into the museum’s collection.

In order to maintain records of the past for future generations to study, it is important to be incredibly detailed and thorough in the documentation of photographs or items of historical importance.

o Explain that the students will be analyzing photos from the Dec. 7th 1941 attacks on Oahu. Pre-select photos or allow students to select 2-4 photos for analysis in partners or small groups up to 4.

The photos will be provided with their captions to give the students a hint of what is in their photograph. o As a museum curator, you can get a large amount of information, or only a brief hint about the object or

photograph. o The captions will allow the students to get a brief bit of information about their photos, but they will use

background knowledge, analysis and inference to write a more detailed description of their photographs.

After students have developed their descriptions, they will then create “search tags,” similar to hashtags used in current social media, for each photo. Have students create 5 search tags that best describe the photographs. Conclusion: Once the groups have completed their worksheets, have a class discussion and have each group present one of their photographs and what they discovered. Discuss the importance of what knowing a small amount of the context of the photo does to understanding the description and knowledge about the subject of the photograph. As a class, also discuss the importance of search tags and why having detailed descriptions will help future researchers find the objects they need.


Photo Catalog Data Sheet

Cataloged By:

Catalog Date:

Archives Name:

Object ID:

Title:

Place:

Event:

Medium:

Description:

Search Tags:


"USS Oklahoma rescue crews are shown here working on the upturn hull of the 29,000-ton battleship USS Oklahoma, which capsized in Pearl Harbor after being blasted by Japanese war planes. Holes were burned throughout the hull to permit the rescue of some of the men trapped below. Note one of the Oklahoma’s launches in the foreground, the battleship, USS Maryland, is in the background." (Official U.S. Navy Photo from OWI).


Damaged plane after Pearl Harbor attack (Graff Collection/U.S. Navy Photograph) Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum 74-20:1258


74-20:1241(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum Pearl Harbor attack - Family


80-G-77625: U.S. Navy sailor injured during Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, being carried to safety, December 7, 1941. Location: Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.


LC-USZ62-103790 National Museum of US Navy "Farewell to Thee" Following Hawaiian tradition, Sailors honor men killed during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu. The casualties had been buried on 8 December. This ceremony took place sometime during the following months, possibly on Memorial Day, 31 May 1942. Also at the National Archives as a color


HWRD0101- Hawaii War Records Depository, Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library Air raid shelter (covered type) in downtown Honolulu - King St. side of Iolani Palace, Aliiolani Bldg is across the street in background. [Edean Ross of Military Governor's Office]


hwrd0111Hawaii War Records Depository, Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library Trenches Safeguard Boys, Girls AIR RAID ALARM FINDS MICK PUPILS ON ALERT The students at McKinley high school knew it was only an air raid drill but in exactly 2 minutes 45 seconds, the campus was cleared of every one of more than 2,000 students.


HWRD0367- Hawaii War Records Depository, Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library SIGNAL FOR GAS ATTACK: One of Honolulu's 1,500 gas alarms, new being installed throughout the city by the office of civilian defense, gets a near whack from Miss Marjorie Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Carter, 2552 Ala Wai Blvd., of the civilian defense corps. Only authorized persons will be allowed to sound the alarm indicating a gas attack. The alarm itself is an automobile break drum.


"Pearl Harbor, T.H. taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. USS WEST VIRGINIA aflame." December 7, 1941. 80-G-19947. National Archives Identifier: 520594


Captured Japanese photograph taken aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. 80-G-30549. National Archives Identifier: 520599


74-20:1240 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. Hanger and plane destroyed during the attack on Pearl Harbor.


HWRD0376 Hawaii War Records Depository, Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library Tear gas test at Kapalama School to test the efficiency of pupils' gas masks. Left to right: Lt. Doty, Donna Lee Dohlen, Mrs. Beatrice Carter, principal. Out of 477 masks tested only 20 did not fit.

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