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Lesson 1 (from Introduction and Chapter 1: An Amazing Event)
Objective
Students will meticulously analyze the many different elements of the cover art of 1919: The Year That Changed America in order to deepen their understanding of the connection between the work's themes and the cover art that was chosen by Sandler to underscore these themes.
Visual literacy is a very important skill to foster in today's world and the vivid artwork featured on the cover of 1919: The Year That Changed America provides an excellent opportunity to teach students skills in visual literacy. One edition of the book includes a number of photographs depicting various aspects of life in America in 1919. Students will look critically at the cover of the book--its font, its imagery, its color choices, and other elements--in order to improve their visual literacy skills and to investigate the visual choices that are made when designing the cover of a particular work.
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Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.2(b), 9-10.9, 11-12.2(b), 11-12.9
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