Introduction
This is where you would write your introduction to your historical topic and the event that you chose for your photo essay. Give some background on the topic and include historical context.
Photo Essay
Photo Link: https://www.loc.gov/item/97500087/
Include additional information about this photograph within your essay. Consider opening your essay with an establishing photograph or one that helps you give some background into your topic/event. In this case, the photograph depicts Elizabeth Cady Stannton and Susan B. Anthony, two founders of the women's suffrage movement.
Continue to tell your story through your images and through additional text.
Remember to include a link to your images back to their original source. You can't link the image directly or link in the Spark caption so link it directly underneath the photo. You can use text (like above) or add a button.
Be creative with different photo layouts!
Continue to add information about your photographs and about what is being depicted and why it is significant. It's important to show why this topic is important and why it matters today. Make sure you show this throughout your photo essay.
Once you add an image, you can click on it and you will have more options on how you'd like the image to display. You can have it scroll, take up the full screen, or even a small window. (The caption most likely will not appear for the "window" option so you most likely wouldn't use that option.)
Remember to try to tell both sides of the story. In this case, there were women (and many, many men!) who did not think women should have the right to vote. (Here is a link if you want to learn more about this!) It's important to look at historical topics from multiple perspectives whenever possible.
Try to end your photo essay with an image that helps to prove your point. In this photo, women are learning how to vote. How could you leverage that photo with the main point of your essay? Leave your reader wanting to learn more!
Conclusion
Write your photo essay conclusion just like you would a regular essay. What was the point of your essay? What did you want people to learn? How does all of this tie together? Why is it significant? Why does this matter today?
Reflection
Write a reflection about your experience using photographs as primary sources to write an essay. Answer the following questions: Did you like using photographs as primary sources? What did you learn about your event through photographs? What questions do you still have about this topic and event? (Suffrage for different classes and races was not depicted in these photos, for example.) What sources would you use to find out this information?