The document describes 6 photographs, providing details about the people and situations depicted in each photo. The first photo shows 4 women cooking together. The second shows Hitler shaking a boy's hand while others smile. The third depicts African Americans with police dogs during a 1960s dog riot. The fourth appears to show a lynched African American man hanging from the Statue of Liberty's arm. The fifth shows a family arriving at Ellis Island to become US citizens. The sixth looks like German officials examining soldiers for war in the 1940s.

1. Who are the people in the photograph?
The first picture is of four women working in a kitchen, the second photo is of Adolf Hitler shaking a
young boy’s hand, the third is several African Americans with police officers and police dogs, the
fourth is the Statue of Liberty with a man hanging by his neck from her arm, the fifth is a family of
three, and the final photo looks like a bunch of young men and two doctors.
What is the situation of the people in the photograph? Provide evidence from the photo
that tells you this.
1. These women are possibly cooking for all of their families combined.
2. Hitler is smirking while shaking a young boy’s hand and a woman is smiling in the background.
3. This is a dog riot with African Americans and the police during the 60’s.
4. This appears to be an African American man being hanged by the Statue of Liberty’s arm as
an act of racism.
5. It’s a family, possibly from Europe, about to arrive to Ellis Island to become citizens of the U.S.
6. This looks like German military officials checking soldiers out for war during the 1940’s.
What message do you think the photographer was trying to convey?
Why is this photograph important to history?
What questions does this photograph raise?

2. Write your own caption for the photograph:
What could you do to find more information about this photograph?
Based on what you have observed list 3 things you might infer from the photograph
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