Great Depression Photo Still Sparks Debate

Your students will learn about Farm Security Administration photographer Arthur Rothstein’s famous 1936 bleached steer skull and other staged or edited images. They will also use a photo editing program or other techniques to manipulate a photo to convey a given feeling or expression.

NOTE: The Bronx Documentary Center, Altered Images: 150 Years of Posed and Manipulated Documentary Photography exhibit has expired. However, it does not affect the interview above or the activity in the Support Materials section.

Write a Historical Blog

During this activity your students will review many blog entries. Then your students will write a historical blog about an event that took place in their community.

Strong Newspaper Structures

Design Squad Global Hands-On Activity - Teams of kids compete to build structures using only newspaper and cardboard.

Be MediaWise—Lessons to Teach Media Literacy

Be MediaWise is a series of media literacy lessons that teach specific fact-checking skills to help students sort fact from fiction online.

Deepfakes: Can You Spot a Phony Video?

Deepfakes are becoming easier to make and spread, and Above the Noise is here to help people understand this new phenomenon and what to do about it.

News Literacy

This episode of Social Studies Shorts dives in to explore questions to ask when consuming content and techniques to use to spot misinformation and disinformation.

Searchable Historical Digital Content

A collaboration to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media.

The Middle of Everywhere - Connecting Rural South Dakota

A look at the advances made over the last century and a half that have allowed South Dakotans to stay connected to each other.

Native American Studies

South Dakota War Stories

Image of the Past Series

Social Studies Series