The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hulstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
Arts & Humanities

[Detail] Likely taken by Job V. Harrison near Rock Lake, N.D. 190?

Creative Writing

Standing on his head to entertain the photographer: a reversal of the usual procedure.

The collection provides a multitude of images that can facilitate imaginative creative writing projects. Students can write a journal entry, taking on the persona of someone pictured in one or more photographs. Or, they can write a short story, examining a scene and imagining what occurred before and after the moment recorded. Though basing their projects in one photograph, students should inform their writing with relevant research of the collection.

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