1. Get students to identify houses and buildings that still exist.
2. Get students to list things that have changed.
3. Get students to guess what the building is now.
4. Get students to map Main Street based on a collection of old photos.
5. Using an old photo and a recent one of the same subject, itemize (and discuss) the changes.
6. Use portraits to examine issues such as clothing styles and materials.
7. Explore the technology and process of pioneer era photography.
8. Find out if your community had a professional photographer or Photography Studio.
9. Have students research the subject of a photo.
For example;
http://www.hartneyheritage.ca/photos/activitiesCulture/p6.html
Using the photo of the Hartney Scout Band: What can we learn about the people involved? Who was prominent? Where did they play? What other bands and musical groups existed?
10. Use historic photos to make a diorama or scale model of a farm, street, village or rural region.