lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). Ask your students to make sense of the photograph by trusting their instincts of observation and inference. Photo Caption:“Indian Corn.” Photo by Nancybelle Gonzaga VillarroyaPhoto Facts:Flint corn, also called Indian corn, is one of the oldest varieties of corn and was a staple food for Indigenous peoples in the Americas. Indian corn has been an ingredient in succotash, mush, tortillas, hominy, nixtamal, cornbreads, and fry breads for centuries. Until at least the turn of the 20th century, Americans typically referred to all corn as Indian corn.