The photograph depicts a group of young boys riding bicycles confidently down a street. Their facial expressions and the fact that they have their hands raised conveys that they feel confident and are on an important mission. The photographer aimed to show that boys can learn independence and confidence at a young age. Additional context clues, like the boys' ages of 7-10 years old and the quality of the photograph, suggest it was taken in the 1950s-1960s, portraying bicycles as an emerging form of transportation and confidence in boys during that era.

1. Who are the people inthe photograph?
The people inthe photograph are cyclists.
What isthe situationof the people inthe photograph?Provide evidencefromthe photo
that tellsyouthis.
The cyclistsin the photo are on their way to an important mission,and theyare feelingconfident.
Evidence that shows their moodand situationincludestheirfacial expressionsandthe fact that they
are all holdingtheirhands in the air.
What message doyouthinkthe photographerwastryingto convey?
The photographer was trying to convey the fact that children(specificallyboys) shouldlearnto be
more independentandconfidentandthe fact that it is possible.There isproof for that in the fact that
all of the cyclists are young boys who appear to be around sevento ten years old,and theyare one-
handedlyridingbikes withfull balance (none of the bikes are leaning) andthey all have confident
facial expressions.
Why isthisphotographimportanttohistory?
The photograph is important in history,because it portrays confidence inyoung boys,and it portrays
bicycles,whichwere not widelyusedback in the day when the photo was taken.You can tell the
photo is oldbecause of the quality and the outfitsthat the boys were wearing. The qualityof the
picture,the style of the bikesand the outfitsportrays a sense of 1950’s-1960’s.
What questionsdoesthisphotographraise?
 Where are the boys going?
 Whydo theylook so confident?
 Whichcity was the photo taken in?
Write your owncaptionforthe photograph:
Young male Cyclistslearningthe True Meaningof Confidence
What couldyoudo to findmore informationaboutthisphotograph?
In order to find out more about the photograph, I couldtype into google “Historical photographs of
cyclists” and then ifI findthis one on Google,thenI can followthe link and then perhapsfindthe
originand the reason behindthe photograph.
Basedon whatyou have observedlist3thingsyoumightinferfromthe photograph
1- The boys are just beingboys and beingsuper adventurous.
2- The boys are gettingready to learn somethingnewand exciting
3- The boys are on theirway to discoversomethinginterestingoutside