The Virtual Picture Album
suggested groupings

The thumbnails below represent photographs from the Virtual Picture Album of the Less Commonly Taught Languages Project which have been organized into pairs or groups that might be useful for language teachers in preparing lessons.

Clicking on any thumbnail will link you to its full-sized counterpart.

1.Traditions and celebrations: baptism, birthday, communion, Christmas, wedding;

baptism birthday Christmas First communion Wedding

2.Similarities and Differences: urban vs. rural

clock-buildig wooden house house in the woods
Warsaw Square Old Town Science Society

3.Similarities and Differences: seasons: summer vs. winter

winter mountain Zieleniec
Tire-swing summer mountain

4.Pastimes: family gathering, hiking, skiing, sledding, sitting in a café

patio-family dogsled little skier walk in the forest
Old-town hiking in the mountains

5.Picture Series: shopping trip --taking money from an ATM machine, going to the grocery store; butcher shop, buying fruit.

bankomat bakery street-market butcher
cherries apteka

6.Occupations: musician, priest, sculptor, soldier, student, teacher
folk artist vender soldier musician" baptism computerclass

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