OneHistory Discussion Questions for Images
What does the photograph as a document tell you? What kind of photograph is it? Why was the photograph taken? Is there a caption or any written material on the back of the image? What information does it give you? What is the historical context of the photograph? What is the bias of the photographer? What is your (our) bias?
What can the details in the photograph tell you? What do you see here? What else do you see here? Are you sure you see that? What makes you think that? Does the subject know he or she is being photographed? Did the subject(s) of the photograph have any control over how he or she was portrayed in the photograph? Did anyone else? How would you date and describe this photo if you had no caption? How does the caption change how you view this photo? What about this picture surprises you? Ask students to make judgements and then defend those judgements.
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