The World History Survey: Visual Literacy and Associative Thought
Lael Sorensen
California State University, Los Angeles
These lessons are designed to encourage visual literacy and teach associative thought.
Lesson Suggestions and MaterialsYou can choose any single lesson option below or treat each one as a scaffolded series of lessons. I've provided a "how to" essay for each lesson followed by a bulleted list of suggested handouts and materials.
Note: The lesson option essays are long so you may want to print them off.
Option 1: Teaching Visual Literacy (Essay)
- How to Prepare Visual Primary Sources
- Islamic Pictures Main Page
- European Pictures Main Page
- World History Syllabus
- How to Prepare Visual Primary Sources
- How to Prepare Textual Primary Sources
- Islamic Pictures Main Page
- European Pictures Main Page
- Textual Sources (Fordham University's Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
- World History Syllabus
- How to Prepare Visual Primary Sources
- How to Prepare Textual Primary Sources
- Islamic Pictures Main Page
- European Pictures Main Page
- Visual Primary Sources Exercise 1
- Visual Primary Sources Exercise 2
- World History Syllabus
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Islamic Pictures
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