Using Visuals to Teach Key Content

In Visual Discovery activities, students view, touch, interpret, and bring to
life compelling images as they discover key social studies concepts. Seeing and
interacting with an image in combination with reading and recording notes
on the content helps students remember salient ideas.

Video: Using Visuals to Teach Key Content (5 min)
Video:  Visual Discovery
Handout:  Visual Discovery in Five Easy Steps

Websites for free images:

GRIN--Great Images from NASA--has over one thousand images of historical

interest in a variety of sizes. Be sure the peruse the pictures of presidents at

NASA facilities and events.

Edupic Graphical Resource is a teacher-designed image resource. Their

ancient civilizations section is especially strong.

The National Archives has created the Digital Vaults which

include 1,200 of the 10 billion records they house. A history buff’s dream.

Photos8 has a collection of high resolution stock photos. Social studies

teachers will find the travel section useful.

John Tenniel and the American Civil War

In addition to creating the famous illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and

Through the Looking Glass, Tenniel was a gifted political cartoonist.

This site contains political cartoons focused on the Civil War.

TreasureNet 

You’ll find images of the Civil War and American West on this unusual

web site aimed at treasure seekers.