"Seven Power Lens"

"While some applauded those newseditors' sensibilities, others asked if readers should be so distanced from the consequences of war.  Such questions are clearly worthy of discussion with students."

I think an image is extremely powerful.  Whether you are a visual learner or not, everyone can take something from a picture because there are some things that words can just not express or prove.  I think is would be very effective in the classroom to analyze and discuss photos, especially those of politics and world interaction.  I believe it is difficult for a student to talk about something that have never seen or heard of.  For instance, to talk to a student about the necessary funding America should sent to Haiti after their disaster might end quickly because most students will have no interest in something that doesn't really concern them.  But, to show a heartbreaking picture of children left without a mother and father and nothing to eat, would definitely make the children see the world in a different way and have a better interest in discussing America's budget.

Abilock, A. D. (n.d.). A seven-power lens on 21st-century literacy. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6DFAmexYq7vMTFmZjZhNWItZWY5Ni00NzdhLWIxYzItMmE4NmI0MGI5NzJl&hl=en&pli=1

This photo is from the Vietnam War, a highly controversial issue with Americans.  If the Vietnam War was the topic of discussion in a social studies class, this may better illustrate to students some of the issues that went on.  The photo itself says a thousand words about several different key points of the controversy during that time.

(n.d.). Vietnam war history. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.vietnam-war.0catch.com/vietnam_war_warhistory.htm