The document discusses using images to develop learning in geography and history. It emphasizes that visual literacy skills like observing, predicting, deducing and interpreting images need to be explicitly taught to students. Teachers should use images along with text to help students become better learners and understand different places, time periods and societies. The document provides examples of classroom activities that develop these skills, such as putting students in the perspective of characters in photos and having them describe what they see, hear, smell and feel.

1. In the picture Using images to develop learning in geography & history Photo Wendy North 2009

2. What? Why? How? Where? When? Who? 5 W’s and How

4. Where? Where was the market image taken?

9. Put Yourself in the Picture What do you see, hear, smell and feel?

10. Photo Wendy North 2009

11. First of all we did some focused activities in the classroom that helped us develop using four of our five senses. In this way we learnt that we could describe a place with lots of details and it helped us to bring the place to life through words. Chembakolli – a village in India

12. We followed this by using `freeze framing’ to help us take on the role of a character in the photograph. See our photographs on the right. CAN YOU WORK OUT WHICH FREEZE FRAME SHOWS … ? friends village school writing sieving concrete the way home

13. I can feel the soft blue powder the rough and hard wood. my bracelet tickling my arm. I can smell the misty air that blocked my nose. the moss on the trees and the dead leaves. Leah Sieving concrete I can see some trees gently brushing against each other, my friends working hard. the muddy floor I can hear the slight breeze shaking and rattling the trees my friends talking to me, telling me some things they are going to have for their tea. Photograph from Action Aid http:// www.chembakolli.com / Words: Y4 Waterton J & I

14. Viking Traders Painting by Mark Bergin, … The daily Life of the Vikings, p. 17 ISBN 0 7502 3580 2 What would you ? What would you ?

15. Putting Yourself in the Picture What do you see, hear, smell and feel? I can see …

16. Conversation between Characters This photograph was taken during World War 2. What might these men be saying to one another?

21. Adapt Adopt Innovate

22. Your turn ACTIVITY 2

23. Using Images Geography History

28. Photo Wendy North 2009

30. What can you work out from the photograph? What do you know for certain? What questions would you like to ask?

32. Elizabeth – mistress of spin What do I want you to know about me?