As school resumes tomorrow and throughout the week, I am looking forward not only to seeing my students but helping them recognize the historical significance of this Friday, which is the 14th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks. While thinking of the upcoming school year in context with this unforgettable day, I got the cool idea of exposing my students to some of the most iconic September 11th photographs via the practice of close looking, a term I became familiar with during last year’s NCTE conference.
As the name suggests, close looking is like close reading in that the viewer dives deeper into a photograph through multiple viewings. Here’s how it works.
As the name suggests, close looking is like close reading in that the viewer dives deeper into a photograph through multiple viewings. Here’s how it works.
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