The document discusses a hypothetical photograph and asks a series of questions to analyze its content and message. Based on the responses, the photograph depicts either segregation-era police with dogs confronting black protesters, or medical examiners screening immigrants at Ellis Island. It aims to convey that not all Americans experienced equal rights and treatment at the time, or that immigrants faced scrutiny before being allowed into the country. The photograph provides insight into historical issues of discrimination, immigration, and civil rights struggles.

1. Who are the people in the photograph?
1. Four women in the kitchen cooking.
2. Hitler, a little boy, and three women.
3. White police officers with dogs and several black people.
4. Statue of Liberty hanging someone.
5. A man, woman, and a little boy.
6. All the people in the picture are men.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
1. Three of the women are cooking, one woman is watching the others cook.
2. Hitler is shaking hands with a little boy.
3. Police are using the dogs to keep order.
4. A man is hanging from the Statue of Liberty.
5. The people in the picture is looking at the Statue of Liberty.
6. Some men are being examined.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
1. Wealthier women have more power than the poorer women.
2. Propaganda for people to follow Hitler.
3. The fight to freedom was hard.
4. Not everyone in America was treated equally and there is no such thing as freedom.
5. People came to America to have more freedom of their beliefs and way of living.
6. Immigrants were examined before entering the United States.
Why is this photograph important to history?
1. Shows a time when women were only supposed to cook.
2. It’s around the time Hitler came to power.
3. The photo was taken at the time of segregation.
4. There was a time blacks and whites didn’t have the same rights.
5. Immigration was at a higher rate.
6. The photo shows what immigrants had to go through before they were allowed in America.

2. What questions does this photograph raise?
1. Why are all the other women wearing skirts except for one?
2. Was the little boy in Hitler’s youth group?
3. Were dogs used to scare the black people?
4. Are blacks really free?
5. What country were the people from?
6. How many people examined were found sick and killed?
Write your own caption for the photograph:
1. “Working women”
2. “Showing the people I’m a family oriented man”
3. “Walk to Selma”
4. “America, home of the free”
5. “Escape to freedom”
6. “Only the healthy survive”
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
1. Search the time era that women were allowed to wear pants.
2. Search the years Hitler came to power and how did he influence the people.
3. Search the time of segregation and protests that took place at the time.
4. Search the constitution.
5. Search which country were most immigrants from at the time.
6. Search the uniforms of the examiners and what profession were occupied by the men in uniforms.
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
1. There’s a coal stove. The setting looks like a cabin. The woman wearing the pants isn’t cooking.
2. The women are happy the boy met Hitler. Hitler is trying to look friendly and interested in the little
boy. The little’s boy outfit might be evidence that he’s part of Hitler’s youth group.
3. The police are on a different side of the road as the black people. One dog looks aggressive. The
black people are protesting.

3. 4. The Statue of Liberty is supposed to represent freedom, but in the picture is hanging someone.
Justice is not guaranteed to everyone. People’s rights were striped from them.
5. The picture was taken during early morning. The people are Polish, based on their clothing and
that most immigrants were from Poland at the time. New York’s population increased due to
immigration.
6. The men in uniforms are examiners. The men being examined are immigrants. If the men are not
healthy enough or have an illness they weren’t allowed in America.