In a world where digital cameras and amateur photos are as ubiquitous as the cell phones that carry them, has photojournalism lost impact? Or has the proliferation of images only made us more receptive to, and appreciative of, professional work? In this lesson, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Iraq war, students look at and respond to photos of fallen soldiers’ bedrooms. They then create and present creative photo essays.

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