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Original Image: "WWII Vickers machine gun emplacement"
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By: Evelyn Simak
  
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So the question of the day is how do I see myself using images in my curriculum? First and foremost I use images like the one above as warm-ups in my classes. The students look at the image and then they must dissect it by answering several questions:
     - What objects do you see?
     - What people do you see?
     - Where do you think this image was taken?
     - When do you think this image was taken?
     - Why do you think this image was taken?
     - What questions do you now have after looking at this image?


We then discuss the image and clarify why exactly I had them look at it in the first place. An image like the one above would set me up for a conversation about WWII as an example of what soldiers were up against. The other reason why I bring images into my curriculum is to add to my lectures for those visual learners. The problem with lecturing is that many visual learners need a moment to re-create the scenes in their head. So I like to pause periodically and throw images up as a way to help my students gain some relevancy to what we are talking about. Finally, I display personal pictures in the classroom at the beginning of the year as a way to develop a connection with my students. Almost all of these pictures surround my two dogs but I have from time to time shared an amusing high school photo of myself (see picture of my dog Manny below).




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