MIT Visualizing Cultures
Asia Rising and Yellow Promise/Yellow Peril Curriculum
by Kathy Krauth: Table of Contents


Lesson 01
Learning to Look: How to Read Visual Texts
Handout 01-A
How to Read a Photograph (PowerPoint)

Lesson 02
Doing the Historian’s Work

Japanese Postcards Template (PowerPoint)
Foreign Postcards Template (PowerPoint)

Lesson 03
The Power and Patterns of the Postcard

Handout 03-A
Rubrics: General Principles and Guidelines

Lesson 04
Visual Documents-Based Question
Perceptions of a Turning Point

VBQ Template (PowerPoint)

Lesson 05
A Visual Essay

Persuasive Essay 01 (PowerPoint)
Persuasive Essay 02 (PowerPoint)

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