Understanding Sontag: The Photographs of Regarding Susan Sontag
This handout introduces the photographs of Regarding Susan Sontag, explores Sontag’s analysis of these historical images, and considers their use in the film.
PHOTOGRAPHY LESSON 3: HANDOUT 2
1—2 class periods (45-90 min)
- Art and Culture
Medium > Visual Arts
Subject Matter > Art History
- History and Social Studies
Place > The Americas
Place > Asia
Place > Europe
U.S. History
U.S. > Civil War
U.S. > The Great Depression and WWII
Themes > Exploration and Discovery
Themes > Civil Rights
Themes > Culture
Themes > War and Foreign Policy
World > The Modern World
- Literature and Language Arts
Genre > Essay
Place > Modern World
- Analysis
- Compare and contrast
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Discussion
- Evaluating arguments
- Historical analysis
- Interpretation
- Literary analysis
- Media analysis
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Summarizing
- Synthesis
- Textual analysis
- Using archival documents
- Visual analysis
- Visual art analysis
- ELA Reading: 1, 3, 7, 10
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2
- HSS Reading: 1-2, 7-10
OR complete the lesson now with one of our Student Activity Options
- Assign one or more essays from Sontag’s On Photography or a section of Regarding the Pain of Others in advance.
- Analysis and concluding questions may also be assigned as short essays or response papers.