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WATCH IT
WATCH IT
Some of the most powerful primary sources in the collections of the Library of Congress are visual images. Learn about the millions of photographs that are available on the Library's Web site by watching this short video, Teacher Resource: The Power of Images (2:00).
Images are powerful tools for teaching time and place. The inquiry strategy, Hide and Seek on Mulberry Street, uses a familiar childhood game to help students identify details and determine context. Students are asked to jump into a picture and experience history in the first person.
The Library of Congress has 49 photographs of Mulberry Street taken around 1900 in Lower Manhattan. The most famous image is the one at the right but the other 48 in this gallery from Prints and Photographs will expand student understanding of the Progressive Era. To delve even deeper into Mulberry Street, take a look at a brief film clip from the exhibition, Move On. This film was created shortly after the photograph of Mulberry Street was made, also on New York’s Lower East Side.
Tip: When the Mulberry Street Image is on your screen, Toggle Full Page by clicking on the arrows in the bottom right corner. Use + to zoom further.
READ ABOUT IT
READ ABOUT IT
Read these two blog posts to learn more:
1. Hide and Seek on Mulberry Street with the Library of Congress, September 20, 2013
2. Learning “How the Other Half Lives” with Jacob Riis at the Library of Congress, June 2, 2016
Write About It
Write About It
Record your responses on this document.
- Search the Prints and Photographs Division for an image rich in detail and copyright free that can be aligned with your curriculum or interest.
- Use one of the variations suggested in the blog, Hide and Seek on Mulberry Street with the Library of Congress to "jump into" the image you found.
- Describe the detail of your selected image then reflect on the potential this strategy has for classroom use in your school or work place.
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