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What is going on in these pictures?
Infer as many details as you can.
- What do you notice going on here?
- What details do you see that make you say that? What evidence
- supports your observations?
- What more can you find in the text?
https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture
Analyze a Photograph
Analyze a Photograph
Meet the photo.
Meet the photo.
Quickly scan the photo. What do you notice first?
Type of photo (check all that apply):
Is there a caption?
Observe its parts.
Observe its parts.
List the people, objects and activities you see.
PEOPLE
OBJECTS
ACTIVITIES
Try to make sense of it.
Try to make sense of it.
Answer as best you can. The caption, if available, may help.
Who took this photo?
Where is it from?
When is it from?
What was happening at the time in history this photo was taken?
Why was it taken? List evidence from the photo or your knowledge about the photographer that led you to your conclusion.
Use it as historical evidence.
Use it as historical evidence.
What did you find out from this document that you might not learn anywhere else?
What other documents or historical evidence are you going to use to help you understand this event or topic?
Materials created by the National Archives and Records Administration are in the public domain.
PDF version:
https://www.archives.gov/files/education/lessons/worksheets/photo_analysis_worksheet.pdf
Look at all these pictures here: http://gg.gg/thinkbig
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Your turn:
- Work individually or with friends.
- Think of the final message - What you would like others to infer.
- Create your picture.
- Post it here:
OR:
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