Muckrakers+Photo+Essay+Assignment

A photo essay is a set or series of photographs and writing intended to tell a story or evoke emotions in the viewer. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with few or many accompanying photographs. Photo essays can be sequential, where the order is as much a part of the story, or they may consist of non-ordered photographs to be viewed all at once or chosen by the viewer. Photo essays usually address a central issue or attempt to capture the character of places and events. **// Create Your Own Photo Essay //** You are going to become a modern day Muckraker. You will choose a social issue that you feel needs to be addressed, looked at further or changed (as in the end result of //The Jungle// helping to reform the meat industry) and complete a photo essay on your choice. The directions are below:
 * // Photo Essay //**
 * Review the materials about The Jungle and Jacob Riis.
 * Create a thesis statement about your muckraking topic (a social issue that you want addressed and/or changed).
 * Create the body of your essay by writing 5 or more statements that you want to prove your thesis statement. These statements should also be the basis of your photographs and **should be a few sentences each**. You may have more than 1 photo for each statement.
 * Images should be powerful and poignant. In a photo essay they are almost more powerful than the words you write.
 * Organize these points and the photos into an essay where the photos and statements make up the body. You can format this any way you wish. . .creativity is a plus with a photo essay.
 * Create a concluding statement for your essay.
 * You will need an outline of your essay (words minus pictures) to include formatting (how it will look) that you will give to me for approval before starting the finished product.
 * Put your finished product into a word document to be turned in and include a list of works cited . You can use citation machine or easy bib to make the citations.