Genres and Topics

DEFINITION & RATIONALE

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WEBSITES: CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLANS

Media Literacy Clearing House

I Don't Want to Blow You Up

Media Constructions of War

United Nations Cyberschoolbus

 

WEBSITES: GENERAL RESOURCES ON TOPIC

Flashpoints: Guide to World Conflicts

War Photo Ltd.

War Shooter

 

ARTICLES (for teacher background knowledge)

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ARTICLES (for students, short, readable, and high interest)

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Browning, M. (2004). War photos that changed history. Palm Beach Post:  May 12, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2008 from http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/special_reports/war_photos/history.html

Wolman, D. (2008). Staging the Largest Terrorism-Response Drill in U.S. History. Wired Magazine:  Isssue 16.02. Retrieved April 27, 2008 from http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/16-02/ps_homeland

 

BOOKS (about teaching this topic/genre)

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BOOKS (general information about this topic/genre)

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Sontag, S. (2003). Regarding the Pain of Others. New York:  Picador.

Speigelman, A. (1973).  Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History. New York:  Random House. 

 

 

ONLINE VIDEO, SHORT FILMS & MOVIE CLIPS

Witness

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

Agencies and Archives

Aurora Photos

Digital Railroad

Eve Photographers

Magnum Photos

Noor

VII Photo

 

New Media

MediaStorm

Magnum in Motion

VII Multimedia

 

RADIO/PODCASTS

This American LIfe

 

 

MOVIES

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War Photographer  (2001, NR) James Nachtwey, Dir. Christian Frei