Essay with Partner

1. Who are the people in the photograph?
- Women, with one man
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo that tells you this.
- They look to be making dinner or some kind of meal. The photo evidence is that they are cooking and
you can see ingredients on the tables
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
- That the women are cooking
Why is this photograph important to history?
- Because it shows how people use to do things back then that they use to cook not go out and get
something to eat at a fast food place
What questions does this photograph raise?
- Why are there three girls and one guy? Why are they all dressed up to cook dinner?
Write your own caption for the photograph
- After I fixed all this you’re only going to eat that.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
- You could find what time period that the stoves were use and you could also find what time period that
the canisters under the table were used.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. Women cooked
2. They used old stoves
3. They didn’t have cabinets

2. Who are the people in the photograph?
- Adolf Hitler, a little boy, and three women that you can see.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo that tells you this.
- Hitler shaking a little boys hand and people are sitting at a table watching Hitler shake the little boy’s
hand.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
- Hitler wasn’t always a bad guy
Why is this photograph important to history?
- This photograph is important because Hitler played a big part in history and this photo might show a
side of him that wasn’t always so bad.
What questions does this photograph raise?
- What are they doing there? Is Hitler trying to campaign?
Write your own caption for the photograph
- Hitler before he was bad.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
- Figure out what he was doing during this picture. Figure out when boys wore those types of suspenders.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. One is the boys mother
2. The boy is white
3. The three women that you can see their faces look very happy.

3. Who are the people in the photograph?
- Police and black people
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo that tells you this.
- Looks like the police are walking down the streets with police dogs trying to keep black people off the
streets
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
- The people of color were probably up to something, hence the K-9s.
Why is this photograph important to history?
- Because it shows what black people went through on a daily bases.
What questions does this photograph raise?
- What were the people doing to have the police keeping them out of the streets was there a riot or a
protest?
Write your own caption for the photograph
- Attack
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
- Figure out what the people were doing to get the police to bring the K-9 unit out.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. Attack dogs attacking black people.
2. The dogs are trained and well handled.
3. The police are trying to move people out of the way.

4. Who are the people in the photograph?
- Lady Liberty and a male person.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo that tells you
this.
- A male died by being hung from the torch of lady liberty. You can tell this is by the dead hang
of his body/head and the rope tied around his neck.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
- That he did not have the liberty that he dreamed of having so he wished death
Why is this photograph important to history?
- It falls into the time period when everybody was fiddling for liberty, freedom and equality.
What questions does this photograph raise?
- What was the reasons for his death and what was his skin color.
Write your own caption for the photograph
- Give me liberty, or give me death.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
- Look into hanging specifically ones that happened because of liberty, freedom or equality.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. Someone had to help him.
2. Everything is a dark shadow like a cloudy day.
3. He’s all black like a shadow

5. Who are the people in the photograph?
- A man a woman and a child.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo that tells you
this.
- They are coming on a boat to New York you can tell that because you can see the statue of
liberty in the background.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
- The American dream
Why is this photograph important to history?
- It shows what people come threw to get to America
What questions does this photograph raise?
- Where are they coming from? What are they doing?
Write your own caption for the photograph
- The American Dream
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
Figure out where they are coming from. You could look up the time period for their clothing.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. The Woman is wearing a head dress
2. The man and the child are both dressed up
3. They are coming to America on a boat

6. Who are the people in the photograph?
- four men in uniform and a bunch of men shirtless being inspected
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo that tells you
this.
- They look like they are being inspected because the guy is messing with his face and then the
other guy is writing stuff down.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
- A time during the military.
Why is this photograph important to history?
- Shows how people were inspected during that time
What questions does this photograph raise?
What military are they a part of
Write your own caption for the photograph
Inspection time.
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
- Figure out who wore those types of military uniforms
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. They are in the military
2. Some type of inspection
3. Somebody guarding the door