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September 11, 2007

National Archives Contest....Interested, 4th and 5th Grade Teachers?

Geeky_girl_taking_your_picture_md_c The National Archives is hosting a student photography contest for fourth and fifth graders.   "This Great Nation Will Endure" is the theme of the contest, and it is sponsored in conjunction with the presentation of "This Great Nation Will Endure: Photographs of the Great Depression." The deadline is October 5th.

Some highlights from the contest:
All photographs must be taken of events, occurrences, and places as they actually happen (candid shots) between the time period of September 10 and

October 5, 2007

For this photo essay contest students will focus their attention and lenses upon one of the following five categories:

1. Home in the Evening

2. Attending Places of Worship

3. Where People Meet

4. Looking Down a Street

5. People On and Off the Job

For complete details on the contest, submission guidelines, and other information, download the form here: 

Download NationalArchivesStudentPhotoContest.pdf

Hope you have some shutterbugs who enter!