The New York Times has a great wrap-up of five ways teachers can start teaching their students immediately about Haiti. The guide is geared towards teachers who want to use the the newspaper as a teaching tool as the story continues to break. Among the suggestions:
1. Respond to Photos – Use the interactive features “A Closer Look at the Destruction in Haiti,” the slide show “Devastating Earthquake Hits Haiti” and/or the Lens blog photo feature “Behind the Scenes: There for the Quake.” Then have students respond in writing to the image of their choice, in the form of detailed descriptions, questions or letters to the people pictured. Here are more ways to have students write about photos. Journalism students might consider the challenges that photojournalists are facing in trying to capture what has happened in Haiti.
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