The+Biggest+Family+Photo+Album+in+Australia

=Resource Reccomendation: The Biggest Family Photo Album in Australia - Compiled by [|Museum Victoria]=

Curriculum Link: Every Chance to Learn ELA 21: The student understands about Australia and Australians
====The Biggest Family Photo Album is an online repository of over 9000 photographs that capture elements of human life in Australia between 1870 and 1950, which is specifically designed for use in primary and secondary classrooms.==== ====The resource is an ideal way to introduce students to use photographs as historical sources as it features activities that focus upon '[|Photographs as a Source of Information']. This activity worksgeet scaffolds students in examining and analysing photographs to draw conclusions about the past, as well as encouraging the use of higher order thinking skills to generate links to modern society. The resource also features other worksheets, including a series on 'Family Photographs' and 'Technology and Invention'.==== ====The use of this resource is not limited to worksheets and can be used to both launch and support a wide range of historical investigations as it can be used to locate individual photographs. Students and teachers can search by themes, keywords, dates or locations and each image in the database is catalogued with a brief discription and can be enlarged. The resource features a wide range of photographs, allowing its application to a variety of historical topics.====

Consequently, this resource can be used within the classroom to:

 * ====provide students with relevant images for historical inquiries.====
 * ====provide students with opportunities to locate historical sources that are relevant to current inquiries or simply of interest to them.====
 * ====develop students' online searching techniques.====

The images located through this resource can be used for a variety of educational purposes including:

 * ====the development of photographic analysis and evaluation skills.====
 * ====as evidence to support historically based claims made by students in inquiries.====
 * ====to assist students in the development of a sense of empathy.====

This resource is underpinned by two articles and their precis' posted within the History forum of the SOSE2 Moodle Page.
====Firstly, this resource is heavily aligned with the position stated in Rebecca Pinter's precis based upon the work of Judith Kieff regarding the use of photographs as historical sources. Kieff argues that photographs provide students with unique historical opportunities due to their ability to honestly represent a moment in time. Kieff believes that students can use photographs to gain a unique insight into the period captured and this can help in the development of empathy. This resource supports and facilitates Kieff's views on historical education.==== ====The resource also supports several elements of appropriate history pedagogy raised in [|my precis] based on the work of Ruth Reynolds. Such elements are discussed below:==== ====This resource addresses this element of appropriate pedagogy as it provides a range of opportunities for students to develop the skills associated with evaluating and analysing photographs. Students are also able to develop skills required for online catalogue searches.====
 * ====History pedagogy requires a focus on skills and processes====


 * ====History pedagogy should employ a variety of teaching approaches====

====The catalogue supports the notion of relevance and its importance when studying history as the catalogue employs a variety of themes which impact upon students and their lives today. Examples include: //In the home, Water, and Entertainment//.====
 * ====History pedagogy should focus on issues that directly impact students====

Kieff, J. (2007). Photographs as primary documents in the social studies classroom. //Childhood Education, 83//(4). Retrieved from University of Canberra E Reserve. Reynolds, R. (2007). Good pedagogy and SOSE in primary schools. //Social Educator, 25//(3), 8-10. Retrieved from University of Canberra E Reserve.
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