This famous photography from U.S. History was taken during WWII in Iwo-Jima.
What has this photo come to symbolize? What message or feelings does it send to the viewer?
*this photo was not editted at all by me*
I was raised with a computer in my home that had photoshop. When I went away to college, I suddenly found myself without that beloved program and I was sad because I didn't realize that there were programs such as picnik available online for free. Discovering this has madde me very happy. Next I discovered Picasa which allows me to easily upload photos, put captions, and arrange it into a professional looking slideshow is minutes. I thought it was a really easy program to use. It also allows for you to make it public, or ony show it to those who have the link, or you can send it by email to specific people. This is handy because you can easily send out slideshow presentations to you whole class. Also there is space provided that allows for student feedback which makes it possible for students to easily ask or answer questions as well as give feedback. Students likewise could easily figure out how to use this program and use it to present research projects. This would be a lot more fun than just having the students talk about their history assignment. Instead, they can show it.
Now look at some other ways this photograph has been manipulated and used:
What message does this send to its viewers?
*I did not come up with this picture idea. It can be found here at no caption needed . com. I just cropped it and lightened it up for better viewing*
Here is a look at someone's take of how that photo would be if it were taken today in the Iraq War.
What does this spoof on the original photo tell us about our current interactions with the Middle East?
*This photo is also from here at no caption needed . com. I cropped it down a bit, and editted it to look more sandy by changing it from color to sepia and brightening the picture up a lot.*
